Tag Archives: Women

Satisfaction

October 20, 2007   Agriculture

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Satisfaction is:

  • standing in the middle of the field watching your chickens, ducks and turkeys wander
  • having to search for weeds in the greenhouse because the greens are so lush the weeds are hard to see
  • discovering a few rutabaga when you thought the crop failed
  • carrots so big you have to dig them out of the soil
  • huge carrots that are still as sweet as the smalls ones
  • compost. lots and lots of compost
  • soup made only with ingredients grown here, and warm homemade dill wheat bread to go with it
  • Dr. John Ikerd on the documentary channel
  • having the best career I could possibly have
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Chewing The Cud

October 7, 2007   Agriculture

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My favorite blog of the day – Chewing The Cud.  Amanda’s too cool.  And incredibly intelligent.

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Pumpkin Recipes

September 22, 2007   Cooking, Eat local, Food

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When I’m going to store pumpkins I make sure they have no soft spots, no signs of spoil, and are clean. They go into the cold cellar for the winter. I choose a variety that stores well and tastes good. Taste is abstract. What I like you might not. What my soil produces might not be as good as what yours will produce. Soil does influence taste!

I take a lazy woman’s approach to pumpkin. I cut it up, scoop out the guts and roast it in the oven. If your pumpkins are hard to cut into take them outside, drop them on something solid and crack them to get a head start. I roast the pumpkin pieces without a cover at 350° until done. If your pumpkin flesh is watery you can finish it off by simmering it on the stop top without a cover. Have you seen the thick consistency of commercial canned pumpkin/squash? That’s your goal.

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What did you feed your compost pile today?

September 21, 2007   Homestead

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Today’s menu for my compost pile:

Dead mice
pumpkin, squash and gourd vines
sunflower stalks
junk mail
paper towels
one cereal box
a chicken food bag
chick newspapers
hydrangea stems
coffee grounds and other kitchen waste
shavings from the bunny cage
weeds…and more weeds

See what other women are serving up today!

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