Last weekend we planted eight 50 foot rows of garlic and three 50 foot rows of shallots from our spring harvest. Now that we have the planting done, we can eat the rest of our pickin’s:) yay! and if you’re nice, maybe you’ll get some too!
Archive for September, 2007
Garlic & Shallots, oh my!
Posted in Garden on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Mushies!!!
Posted in mushrooms on September 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We went mushroom picking today up in the mountains looking for chanterelles and boletes (porcinis), of which we found a few. What we really scored on was the Matsutakes!! We didn’t expect to find many of these and we were pleasantly surprised! Matsutakes are really great for soups and hold up really [...]
More beer…….mmmmm
Posted in crafts on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So, today we bottled our second batch of homebrew. In another 2-3 weeks we can start drinking it! Our first batch was an IPA and the latest one was a pale ale. The IPA turned out great. It’s still a little young and could use some more [...]
long time….
Posted in crafts on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, a couple of weekends ago, I attended the NCWHS (link) for a weekend of camping and going to herbal/sustainability classes. I learned how to make raw goat cheese from an awesome woman. I loved that the cheese was raw, it had so much flavor. The finished product was so tasty! [...]