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Foraging for Mushrooms

Foraging for Mushrooms

Nothing can quite compare to the excitement of finding edible mushrooms; I was literally jumping up and down the first time I spotted a patch on my own. I haven’t struck gold...

Foraging for Mushrooms

Nothing can quite compare to the excitement of finding edible mushrooms; I was literally jumping up and down the first time I spotted a patch on my own. I haven’t struck gold...

Make Your Own Organic Almond Milk

Make Your Own Organic Almond Milk

Since I no longer have my own goats, I’ve been having a hard time trying to decide what kind of milk to use. Unless I can buy organic, raw dairy locally, I...

Make Your Own Organic Almond Milk

Since I no longer have my own goats, I’ve been having a hard time trying to decide what kind of milk to use. Unless I can buy organic, raw dairy locally, I...

Honey Meyer Lemon Curd

Honey Meyer Lemon Curd

What could be more lovely than making lemon curd with fresh, in-season improved Meyer lemons, golden orange egg yolks from the henhouse and raw amber honey as the sun comes up? What...

Honey Meyer Lemon Curd

What could be more lovely than making lemon curd with fresh, in-season improved Meyer lemons, golden orange egg yolks from the henhouse and raw amber honey as the sun comes up? What...

Growing Coffee: Colombia Edition

Growing Coffee: Colombia Edition

I am currently traveling in Colombia, the world’s third largest producer of coffee last year, and I have fully immersed myself in all the joys of this flavorful, earthy beverage....

Growing Coffee: Colombia Edition

I am currently traveling in Colombia, the world’s third largest producer of coffee last year, and I have fully immersed myself in all the joys of this flavorful, earthy beverage....

Dried Persimmons

Dried Persimmons

I had never tried a Persimmon until four years ago (I’m obviously not from California) at a community garden where I was volunteering. It was of an astringent variety, Hachiya, and...

Dried Persimmons

I had never tried a Persimmon until four years ago (I’m obviously not from California) at a community garden where I was volunteering. It was of an astringent variety, Hachiya, and...

Planting Garlic

Planting Garlic

So, I’m a little behind in planting garlic… I think. I meant to do it last month before the fall window closed, but somehow it is now mid-December! Luckily, I...

Planting Garlic

So, I’m a little behind in planting garlic… I think. I meant to do it last month before the fall window closed, but somehow it is now mid-December! Luckily, I...