Come home to a hot dinner
To help you with this month’s goal of cooking at home, here is a soup recipe from EcoThrifty: For years, split pea soup was one of our favorite dinners in the winter. When I worked full time, I would start … Read More
Should you give up coffee or tea?
With January just a few days away, some people are probably starting to think about resolutions for the new year. I write about food quite a bit, but what you drink can be equally important. If you’ve been thinking … Read More
How the worst chicken ever became the best chicken ever
by Todd Allen Our dominant hen went broody this spring and we obtained fertile eggs for her to hatch. One of those eggs became Pat. We attempted feather sexing and it was completely ambiguous so he got an androgynous name. … Read More
Eggnog Cake
It can be so tempting this time of year to pick up a cake at the grocery store or a bakery. If you catch yourself staring at something like that for more than a couple seconds, imagine my youngest daughter … Read More
How I learned to live without a car
by Margaret Boehle I never imagined myself living in a big city like Chicago. I grew up in suburbs until I was 14, when my parents moved to the country. From that point it was impossible to imagine not having … Read More
Tonight’s dinner is … broccoli
by Eleanor Boyle What’s for dinner? Broccoli! Okay, that sounds silly. None of us would eat just one type of vegetable for our main meal of the day. Yet when asked what they’re having for dinner people often respond: “chicken.” … Read More
Composting 101
I had a great time presenting at the Mid-America Homesteading Conference on Saturday. And, as promised, here is a copy of my PowerPoint presentation on “Composting.” Of course, a PPT is only an outline rather than a complete presentation, so … Read More
Goat Milk Pudding
You’ve heard of the 100-mile diet where people eat only things that were grown within 100 miles. Well, I make a 100-yard ice cream that contains only ingredients that were made from within 100 yards of our kitchen — goat … Read More
Quarantining New Animals
It’s spring, which means babies on the farm, and often, buying babies from other farms! A couple of months ago a fairly new farmer was telling me about a boar he bought that brought a whole lot of health issues … Read More
Are people really so clueless?
A couple of years ago I read this great post online about composting, and in the comment section someone posted a very long comment that said compost was fool’s gold, not black gold, and that we can do so much … Read More
