Posted in locavore, gardens, family, eat local on Jul 5th, 2008
We had a great Fourth of July here with 30+ friends and family joining us to celebrate. The sprucing up wasn’t all done, but in the end it didn’t matter, we had a great day anyway.
We got up early yesterday morning and hit Willow & Jim’s Country Cafe for the firefighter benefit breakfast. On the […]
Posted in chickens, farm, vacation, family on Apr 29th, 2008
Is that kind of like fish in a barrel? I guess it might be if a coyote figured out how to get in or the eagle decided to visit. But anyway, I think they’re safer now than they were before. And the neighbor’s veggie garden definitely is.
With the help of my parents, Mike and […]
Sorry about the silence, I was in Cedar Rapids through Thursday morning. Then on my way home I “picked up” my parents in Minneapolis to come back here for a 4 day weekend. They offered to help with projects while they were here, so we’ve been hard at work ever since.
Friday we picked up supplies […]
Posted in family on Feb 16th, 2008
This is video that my uncle Kenny took earlier this month of my grandmother’s lambs. They were all born after her passing in December. While she’s no longer with us, these little guys are reminders of everything that my grandparents valued and believed in. In them, they live on.
My grandmother is holding her own and I’m back home. Thank you again for all of your well wishes, kind thoughts and prayers. I’ll let you know when anything changes.
And a round of applause for Anita for her recap post yesterday. She and Kim have both been a great help on keeping this going when […]
Posted in recipes, urban chickens, locavore, family, eat local, Dark Days on Nov 24th, 2007
I won’t bore you with a long list of where our ingredients came from or how far they traveled. But suffice it to say that we had a mostly local, very delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Things that weren’t local that made it to the table? Black olives, organic chicken broth, dried sour cherries, sugar, salt, pepper, […]
Last night and today have seen a lot of activity in our small kitchen. As bread dough has gone from sloppy to slowly rising. Cherries and apples have become divine smelling pies. Cranberries and dried sour cherries became delicious condiment. And local arugula and spinach are becoming a succulent salad.
As I’ve spent my evening and […]
