I usually make this over two days. The first day is the chicken down to the dicing stage and the second day is cooking everything else. I put in everything! I remember my Mother making this for her church suppers. It is soooo good! AND you can freeze it or eat on it for [...]
Here in Texas, at least in Dallas, there is a dead zone in the year, a time of year when it is too hot and too dry for just about any but the hardiest native plants to grow or produce. But, with the first hint of fall, the morning glories that grow like weeds [...]
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It’s been raining since yesterday evening, and more is on the way. The temperatures are in the 70s, a far cry from the 100s of just last Saturday.
Even better, the leaves are starting to turn and fall from the trees. Not the oaks (although I sure do detect a touch of turning), but the hickories [...]
… on a 100+ degree afternoon, with watermelon: On rare and endangered foods, and vanishing food traditions:
Anyway, back to the cynicism of which I have in abundance. I am not one to believe capitalism is a cure to all that ails us: that we can, say, buy our way out of global warming by purchasing [...]
Crossposted from Monkeyfister’s place with his permission so biscuit can see it - Kate
All is good in the Bean Bed. As you can see, I’ve got all the twine trellises tied up (32 of them), and the Pole Beans are having a great time growing up them. All I need to do now, is keep [...]
Behold: the world’s tiniest bear is still living under my old place.
YES! CSAs are a wonderful and necessary step toward a more sustainable way of life that we all must embrace. Yes! But, they are getting shoehorned into a model, and getting suddenly and sorely pressured.
There are just not enough of them of scale (Centennial Farm sized) right now, and all the media push toward them [...]
The Urban Homestead: your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the cityby Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen$11.53 from Amazon
I can’t recall where I first saw mention of this book, but the subtitle convinced me to check it out. Then I saw that they included a chapter on stealth backyard chickens, so how [...]
This is our last week of the lovely strawberries that grow up here and are succulent and sweet. I made 6 nice 4 oz jars of strawberry freezer jam with them. Freezer jams are fresher tasting and a brighter color than processed jam. I like it alot. I’ve had a strawberry/raspberry combination that was really [...]
With Monkeyfister’s permission, I am reproducing his whole post here with pictures. The original post can be found over at his place. Kate
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I had one last garden box left to prepare, and I figured that it would make a great tutorial. This method of gardening is foolproof, and hugely productive. Here’s a quick [...]
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