A while back Stewart started planting small test patches of cover crops and food fodder crops around the property. Somehow, on those days, we all seem to drop most everything else we’re doing to gather, kneel down in the dirt, poke holes, and plant seeds. There’s just something about playing in the dirt that attracts…
Milk kefir is one of the first fermented foods that our family began eating solely for the way it made us feel. We already loved the flavors of yogurt, kombucha, and sourdough; but milk kefir was definitely out of our normal flavor range. Since then I have experimented with it for a few years and…
A 16 year old girl walked me through the butchering of four roosters this morning. I watched, she taught, I practiced, she helped. I’m sure it says something about me that I am nearly twice her age and have probably eaten twice as many chicken dinners in my lifetime. That afternoon there was a snake…
One of the things that has come up over and over again in our reading up on sustainable food systems is the cultivation of perennials. While we happily plant seeds for an annual garden, we are also trying to establish long-term food sources in the form of perennial trees, shrubs, and plants. There are the…
