Part 3: Video Update on Building a Root Cellar in the Basement
An update on our Root Cellar (video post)! (more…)
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Putting Food into Order
With 2020’s various food shortages reminding everyone of how fragile our food (industrial) system really is, we returned to some good habits that had been put out of practice. (more…)
Counter ‘Kraut!
I started making sauerkraut a few years ago, and I love doing it. This post will give you some info on making your own sauerkraut, but also makes a point to mention this as a very low effort, high reward activity. I like those kind. Fermenting is fun, nutritious, and best of all, (more…)
Sunday Afternoon Kitchen Counter Video Tour
Enjoy a tour of the Garden, Cook, Eat, Repeat kitchen counters on a Sunday afternoon! While Mr. Gordon cleaned out our gardens with the flame thrower, I decided to grab the video camera and capture the abundance we brought in this weekend. Time has flown by! Now we are down the last of this year’s…
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Update to the Chinois Cone Story
So, yesterday while I was out doing lawn chores, Tracy was busy doing kitchen chores. She readied up the kitchen and the 10 1/2 pounds of nice, red tomatoes that were ready to be sauced. We wanted to try the roasting method we had read about when we first used our Chinois to sauce frozen…
September is a Very Busy Time!
As summer comes to its close, we know we are going to be very busy for the next six to eight weeks. Like many of you, Mr. Gordon and I work full-time jobs having nothing to do with our home(work). So, we need to scramble and roll up our sleeves to get the gardening /…
Reddening Tomatoes, Canning Pickle Chunks, Fermenting
Things are getting busy! This past weekend we hosted a family-neighborhood picnic (with a couple of overnight guests) so we were super busy – but NOT in the garden. Putting up food was put on hold. Getting in the garden had to wait. But the garden waits for no one, as you shall see! :-)…
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Wow – Celery!
I am amazed at how well our celery has done. Amazed and very happy. We’ve never grown it before, so we have been excited at our first success. Now, I’m not a big fan of celery, per se, but in soups and used for aromatics and mirepoix, it’s what we use. We grew the Tall…
