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Walden Effect Cooking

Fresh vegetables quickly turn into good food.  The posts below provide the highlights of my recent adventures in the kitchen.  Check out our recipes page for some of our old standbys.


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Washing chanterelles
Posted Fri Jul 8 13:21:25 2022 by Anna
Hispanic fruit
Posted Tue Nov 27 14:21:37 2018 by Anna
Cooking brussels sprout tops
Posted Tue Oct 30 06:00:50 2018 by Anna
Wild edibles as tea
Posted Tue Sep 25 06:00:50 2018 by Anna
Mark's hybrid eggplant lasagna
Posted Thu Sep 13 07:41:20 2018 by Anna
On the menu September 7, 2018
Posted Fri Sep 7 06:00:41 2018 by Anna
Late August bounty
Posted Fri Aug 24 06:00:38 2018 by Anna
Squash invasion
Posted Thu Aug 2 06:00:45 2018 by mark
When are eggplants ripe?
Posted Sat Jun 30 06:00:36 2018 by Anna
Cake decorating
Posted Sat Jun 2 06:00:29 2018 by Anna
Ramps season
Posted Thu Apr 5 06:00:42 2018 by Anna
Claytonia taste test
Posted Fri Mar 30 06:01:59 2018 by Anna
Meat that passes the cat test
Posted Thu Mar 22 06:00:12 2018 by Anna
DIY sushi
Posted Wed Feb 28 07:00:11 2018 by Anna
Deciphering kombucha
Posted Sat Feb 24 07:00:09 2018 by Anna
How to make beet kvas
Posted Thu Feb 22 07:00:12 2018 by Anna
First Ohio maple syrup
Posted Sun Feb 18 07:00:10 2018 by Anna
Tasting at the farmer's market
Posted Sat Oct 14 07:01:13 2017 by Anna
Golden oyster mushrooms
Posted Thu Sep 21 07:20:40 2017 by mark
Athens, Ohio, farmer's market
Posted Mon Sep 18 07:02:29 2017 by Anna
Instant Pot husband
Posted Fri Aug 18 06:50:33 2017 by Anna
Solar oven window repair
Posted Thu Aug 3 15:50:50 2017 by mark
Seed-saving lunch
Posted Tue Jul 25 06:54:58 2017 by Anna
Instant Pot
Posted Thu Jul 6 07:46:08 2017 by Anna
Writer's retreat
Posted Sun Jun 4 06:56:06 2017 by Anna
Broccoli: One of our top producers
Posted Fri May 26 07:09:52 2017 by Anna
A free seminar on sun-oven cookery
Posted Tue May 23 06:42:54 2017 by Anna
Seedling salad
Posted Mon Mar 27 07:11:49 2017 by Anna
Frozen shitake mushrooms
Posted Wed Mar 15 15:23:00 2017 by mark
Chicken pot pie starts with the chicken
Posted Tue Feb 7 07:12:47 2017 by Anna
How to keep an omelet from sticking to the pan
Posted Sat Feb 4 06:47:29 2017 by Anna
The return of onions and garlic
Posted Thu Dec 15 07:29:48 2016 by Anna
FODMAP test foods
Posted Tue Nov 8 07:35:12 2016 by Anna
FODMAP reintroduction phase
Posted Fri Nov 4 06:35:06 2016 by Anna
Low FOD-MAP banana muffins
Posted Sun Oct 30 07:10:42 2016 by Anna
Yet another flush of broccoli
Posted Thu Oct 20 06:58:54 2016 by Anna
Hummingbird vegetables
Posted Thu Oct 6 07:01:42 2016 by Anna
Science-fair tummy
Posted Fri Sep 23 07:26:35 2016 by Anna
Colorful harvest
Posted Tue Aug 23 07:12:39 2016 by Anna
Farmstead tomato soup
Posted Tue Aug 9 07:02:04 2016 by Anna
How to Bake Without Baking Powder
Posted Mon Aug 8 07:32:48 2016 by Anna
Determinate tomatoes
Posted Sat Aug 6 07:22:21 2016 by Anna
Tomato days
Posted Fri Aug 5 06:48:43 2016 by Anna
A morning's harvest
Posted Tue Aug 2 06:49:55 2016 by Anna
Lovage taste test
Posted Sun Jul 31 05:58:21 2016 by Anna
Ice-cream maker
Posted Wed Jul 20 07:19:02 2016 by Anna
Making like ants
Posted Sun Jul 17 06:46:11 2016 by Anna
Summer lull
Posted Sun Jul 3 06:25:50 2016 by Anna
Homemade chocolate ice cream
Posted Thu Jun 16 06:38:47 2016 by Anna
Cooking in the fire pit
Posted Mon Jun 13 07:17:12 2016 by Anna
14 pints of broccoli
Posted Fri May 27 15:50:38 2016 by mark
Winter strawberries
Posted Tue May 24 07:01:08 2016 by Anna
Late April feasts and tasks
Posted Wed Apr 27 07:07:25 2016 by Anna
Tapping birches with goats
Posted Fri Mar 4 07:31:22 2016 by Anna
Defrosting the summer cheeses
Posted Sat Feb 13 07:37:31 2016 by Anna
Rotating the butternuts
Posted Mon Jan 18 07:34:28 2016 by Anna
Mark's favorite cinnamon buns
Posted Sun Dec 27 07:11:11 2015 by Anna
Christmas eve snapshots
Posted Fri Dec 25 07:52:07 2015 by Anna
Holiday choices
Posted Thu Dec 24 15:10:28 2015 by mark
5 tips for decorating gingerbread cookies
Posted Sun Dec 20 07:50:37 2015 by Anna
How long to ration summer and fall crops?
Posted Thu Dec 3 06:50:20 2015 by Anna
How to brine a turkey
Posted Thu Nov 26 07:03:35 2015 by Anna
Picking frozen greens
Posted Wed Nov 25 13:11:22 2015 by mark
A family pie tradition
Posted Wed Nov 25 07:38:16 2015 by Anna
Ugly turkey
Posted Tue Nov 24 06:23:34 2015 by Anna
Deer 6.0
Posted Sun Nov 22 07:33:19 2015 by Anna
Stashing away root crops for the winter
Posted Fri Oct 9 06:53:13 2015 by Anna
Perfect September days
Posted Thu Sep 24 06:08:12 2015 by Anna
First fall butternut pie
Posted Tue Sep 22 05:44:45 2015 by Anna
Stocking up on sweet corn
Posted Fri Sep 11 06:56:33 2015 by Anna
Harvest, harvest, harvest
Posted Tue Aug 18 06:54:13 2015 by Anna
Mozzarella tomatoes
Posted Sun Aug 16 08:01:43 2015 by Anna
Blackened okra
Posted Sun Aug 9 07:44:52 2015 by Anna
Canning and juicing summer fruits
Posted Thu Aug 6 14:53:22 2015 by Errol
Can you make ricotta out of mozzarella whey?
Posted Fri Jul 24 06:38:03 2015 by Anna
How to make mozzarella
Posted Mon Jul 6 07:05:26 2015 by Anna
Goat meat taste test (and envy over apples)
Posted Tue Jun 30 07:08:14 2015 by Anna
Cabbage and lactofermenting
Posted Sat Jun 20 07:08:00 2015 by Anna
Changing of the menu
Posted Tue Jun 9 13:48:00 2015 by mark
Big cheese
Posted Mon Jun 8 06:23:54 2015 by Anna
Roast leg of lamb
Posted Sat Jun 6 06:20:26 2015 by Anna
Chocolate goat-milk pudding
Posted Sun May 31 07:23:50 2015 by Anna
Perfecting chevre
Posted Sun May 24 07:21:39 2015 by Anna
Ricotta --- the bonus cheese
Posted Wed May 20 07:00:02 2015 by Anna
Making neufchatel
Posted Tue May 19 07:22:08 2015 by Anna
Our first homemade cheese
Posted Wed May 13 07:23:38 2015 by Anna
Increasing crunchiness of roasted asparagus
Posted Mon Apr 20 15:23:36 2015 by mark
Cookbook giveaway
Posted Fri Apr 17 13:43:22 2015 by Anna
Farmstead Feast: Spring
Posted Mon Apr 13 06:59:25 2015 by Anna
Food comes from the store
Posted Fri Apr 3 07:01:43 2015 by Anna
Boiling down birch syrup
Posted Sat Mar 28 07:18:44 2015 by Anna
Birch syrup
Posted Tue Mar 24 07:13:46 2015 by Anna
Milky questions
Posted Fri Mar 13 08:15:31 2015 by Anna
Boiling maple syrup on a rocket stove
Posted Wed Mar 11 08:11:49 2015 by Anna
Green and sweet snow day
Posted Wed Feb 18 07:40:02 2015 by Anna
Maple-syrup meringues
Posted Thu Feb 12 07:52:58 2015 by Anna
Box-elder syrup comparison
Posted Mon Feb 9 07:14:58 2015 by Anna
Farmstead Feast
Posted Tue Jan 27 07:53:05 2015 by Anna
First try with falafels
Posted Wed Jan 7 07:46:44 2015 by Anna
Experimenting with bean recipes
Posted Sat Jan 3 07:36:12 2015 by Anna
Dried herbs and Christmas dinner
Posted Fri Dec 26 07:56:11 2014 by Anna
The most nutritional vegetables
Posted Wed Dec 24 08:25:29 2014 by Anna
What should I name our cookbook?
Posted Tue Dec 23 08:01:15 2014 by Anna
What's good about rape?
Posted Sat Nov 15 12:00:12 2014 by Errol
What should I write next?
Posted Wed Nov 12 07:16:09 2014 by Anna
How to extract persimmon pulp
Posted Tue Nov 11 12:00:08 2014 by Errol
Sugar snap peas sauteed with garlic
Posted Fri Nov 7 07:04:52 2014 by Anna
Pros and cons of a fridge root cellar
Posted Wed Oct 22 07:12:26 2014 by Anna
Not quite tasting the first Celeste fig
Posted Mon Oct 20 07:52:58 2014 by Anna
Tasting a Brown Turkey fig
Posted Sat Oct 4 07:00:08 2014 by Anna
Drying sweet corn
Posted Fri Sep 19 07:07:55 2014 by Anna
Permaculture tacos
Posted Sun Sep 14 07:44:01 2014 by Anna
Hazelnut taste test
Posted Mon Sep 8 14:49:50 2014 by mark
August lunch
Posted Wed Aug 27 06:56:27 2014 by Anna
Learning to cook on a rocket stove
Posted Tue Aug 26 07:21:09 2014 by Anna
Best kefir recipes (and a giveaway)
Posted Fri Aug 22 12:00:53 2014 by Anna & Brandy
Preservation options once the freezer is full
Posted Mon Aug 18 07:30:28 2014 by Anna
Garlic and basil meatballs for soup
Posted Mon Aug 4 07:40:45 2014 by Anna
Ten months of onions
Posted Wed Jul 30 07:38:28 2014 by Anna
Freezin' season
Posted Sat Jul 26 07:19:36 2014 by Anna
Cabbage and summer squash with wine
Posted Thu Jul 10 07:45:39 2014 by Anna
The Call of the Farm
Posted Sun Jul 6 07:07:57 2014 by Anna
Sandor Katz and sauerkraut
Posted Mon Jun 30 07:33:03 2014 by Anna
Rainy day freezing
Posted Fri Jun 13 07:29:57 2014 by Anna
Cornish Cross taste test
Posted Mon Jun 9 07:54:30 2014 by Anna
Roast garlic scapes
Posted Sat Jun 7 06:36:30 2014 by Anna
Preserving strawberries
Posted Sat May 31 07:34:56 2014 by Anna
Brazilian chocolate and the Landless Movement
Posted Sun May 18 07:14:22 2014 by Anna
Pill bugs vs. sow bugs
Posted Fri May 16 06:37:05 2014 by Anna
Taste tests of preserved fruit
Posted Sun Apr 27 07:32:38 2014 by Anna
Carol Deppe's garden and diet
Posted Wed Apr 23 12:01:13 2014 by Anna
Turning spring around
Posted Mon Apr 14 07:11:11 2014 by Anna
Seasonal eating in mid April
Posted Sat Apr 12 08:02:17 2014 by Anna
Spring tuna and egg salad
Posted Sat Apr 5 07:54:24 2014 by Anna
Sweet potato and egg bake
Posted Sun Mar 30 08:24:46 2014 by Anna
Running out of winter stores
Posted Thu Mar 27 07:42:28 2014 by Anna
Rise of the chives
Posted Thu Mar 13 07:40:32 2014 by Anna
Recreating the rotisserie chicken
Posted Sat Mar 1 07:01:12 2014 by Anna
What to do if you overcook maple syrup
Posted Wed Feb 26 07:36:22 2014 by Anna
Sugar content of maple sap
Posted Sun Feb 23 07:29:33 2014 by Anna
Concentrating maple sap through freezing
Posted Thu Feb 20 08:29:36 2014 by Anna
Chocolate kefir cheesecake
Posted Tue Feb 18 07:10:38 2014 by Anna
Chicken-bone biochar
Posted Sun Feb 9 07:28:09 2014 by Anna
Lazy kefir culture
Posted Sat Feb 8 07:45:55 2014 by Anna
The Walden Effect diet
Posted Tue Jan 28 08:01:27 2014 by Anna
Storage apples
Posted Fri Jan 24 07:53:38 2014 by Anna
Winter butternut not-lasagna
Posted Thu Jan 23 07:43:54 2014 by Anna
The differences between kefir and yogurt
Posted Tue Jan 21 08:00:28 2014 by Anna
Thy Hand Hath Provided cookbook
Posted Mon Jan 20 07:41:39 2014 by Anna
Trying out kefir
Posted Wed Jan 15 08:15:47 2014 by Anna
Kale salad
Posted Sun Jan 12 08:05:36 2014 by Anna
What kind of food do we buy?
Posted Sun Dec 29 08:10:46 2013 by Anna
On the menu at the bitter end of December
Posted Sat Dec 28 08:27:13 2013 by Anna
Outside-the-box meat consumption
Posted Tue Dec 24 12:02:11 2013 by Anna
Dandelion heart salad
Posted Tue Dec 24 07:38:35 2013 by Anna
Chocolate-jam upside-down cake
Posted Thu Dec 19 07:57:12 2013 by Anna
Venison stew with dumplings
Posted Sun Dec 15 07:33:04 2013 by Anna
Cabbage recipe followup
Posted Sat Dec 14 07:52:25 2013 by Anna
Eating up the cabbage and Brussels sprouts
Posted Mon Dec 9 07:39:20 2013 by Anna
Cutting board safety
Posted Wed Nov 27 07:27:04 2013 by Anna
Pastured meat for 17 cents a pound
Posted Sun Nov 24 07:53:19 2013 by Anna
Cut-rate daikon radishes?
Posted Tue Nov 12 07:41:02 2013 by Anna
Cheap, tasty apples
Posted Mon Nov 11 07:58:49 2013 by Anna
Salad box
Posted Thu Oct 31 06:42:24 2013 by Anna
Topping Brussels sprouts
Posted Fri Oct 25 08:16:43 2013 by Anna
Hunting down local apples
Posted Sun Oct 20 08:00:37 2013 by Anna
Blue hubbard squash
Posted Tue Oct 15 07:40:36 2013 by Anna
Fruit-and-nut balls
Posted Sun Oct 13 07:01:28 2013 by Anna
What does a pawpaw taste like?
Posted Fri Oct 11 07:01:33 2013 by Anna
Drying figs
Posted Mon Sep 23 07:59:44 2013 by Anna
Lucky Friday the 13th
Posted Sat Sep 14 07:23:13 2013 by Anna
Amaranth for leafy greens
Posted Wed Sep 11 07:36:33 2013 by Anna
The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest
Posted Tue Sep 10 07:48:22 2013 by Anna
Pomona's pectin
Posted Fri Sep 6 07:29:30 2013 by Anna
Wild-mushroom-and-basil pesto
Posted Wed Sep 4 07:48:50 2013 by Anna
Rabbit dinner
Posted Thu Aug 29 07:17:00 2013 by Anna
Heirloom apple tastings
Posted Wed Aug 28 07:14:38 2013 by Anna
Not too blighted for soup
Posted Sun Aug 25 17:37:25 2013 by mark
More peach preservation experiments
Posted Sun Aug 25 08:03:15 2013 by Anna
Summer Rambo apples?
Posted Fri Aug 23 07:37:34 2013 by Anna
The value of pastured eggs, meat, and broth
Posted Wed Aug 21 12:02:28 2013 by Anna
Why jam won't gel
Posted Tue Aug 20 07:02:25 2013 by Anna
How to make pectin out of green apples
Posted Fri Aug 16 07:26:13 2013 by Anna
Cooking up the "goat" peaches
Posted Wed Aug 14 07:07:44 2013 by Anna
Making low-sugar jam without pectin
Posted Mon Aug 12 06:50:22 2013 by Anna
Tomato copper experiment: Inconclusive
Posted Sat Aug 3 07:49:31 2013 by Anna
Eating a sparrow egg
Posted Thu Jul 25 06:51:30 2013 by Anna
Peach assembly line
Posted Fri Jul 19 07:03:05 2013 by Anna
Ripening peaches inside
Posted Mon Jul 15 07:20:52 2013 by Anna
Time lapse soup
Posted Fri Jul 12 07:20:52 2013 by Anna
Delicious pastured pork for the Tri-Cities
Posted Sun Jul 7 08:34:22 2013 by Anna
Power outage supper
Posted Wed Jul 3 17:53:32 2013 by mark
Raspberry-chocolate-almond torte
Posted Mon Jul 1 08:07:20 2013 by Anna
Five gallons of strawberries
Posted Thu Jun 6 07:10:59 2013 by Anna
Harvest 2013 begins
Posted Tue Jun 4 07:04:31 2013 by Anna
Gustatory hallucinations
Posted Wed May 29 07:19:42 2013 by Anna
What's on the menu in late April
Posted Fri Apr 26 07:19:30 2013 by Anna
State of the garden: March 19, 2013
Posted Tue Mar 19 07:58:34 2013 by Anna
Egg, cheese, and dried tomato pie
Posted Mon Mar 4 07:29:38 2013 by Anna
Still eating fresh vegetables in February
Posted Mon Feb 4 08:13:03 2013 by Anna
Power outage kitchen management
Posted Tue Jan 22 07:33:36 2013 by Anna
Homesteading year
Posted Fri Jan 11 08:08:01 2013 by Anna
Pie theory
Posted Thu Jan 10 14:40:16 2013 by mark
Storage cabbage
Posted Thu Dec 27 08:03:06 2012 by Anna
Bacon, sweet potato, and chickpea salad
Posted Wed Dec 26 07:27:00 2012 by Anna
Managing the outdoor larder
Posted Fri Nov 30 07:47:16 2012 by Anna
Deer 4.0
Posted Tue Nov 20 07:49:03 2012 by Anna
Roast fall vegetables
Posted Sun Nov 18 07:54:15 2012 by Anna
Enjoying the first Brussels sprouts
Posted Mon Nov 12 07:23:32 2012 by Anna
Broccoli side shoots
Posted Fri Nov 2 08:07:21 2012 by Anna
Super Storm apple leather
Posted Tue Oct 30 15:48:31 2012 by mark
Fall fig flavor
Posted Thu Oct 25 08:01:45 2012 by Anna
Picking for the frost
Posted Mon Oct 8 06:54:09 2012 by Anna
Enjoying the fall colors
Posted Fri Oct 5 07:50:34 2012 by Anna
Fig obsession
Posted Mon Oct 1 12:00:15 2012 by Anna
Changing over to the fall menu
Posted Sun Sep 30 08:09:27 2012 by Anna
No-till gardens grow more grub
Posted Sat Sep 22 08:19:14 2012 by Anna
Ready for fall?
Posted Wed Sep 12 07:07:12 2012 by Anna
How to grow cutting celery
Posted Sat Sep 8 08:15:42 2012 by Anna
Eating squirrels
Posted Thu Sep 6 07:55:28 2012 by Anna
Fig propagation
Posted Sun Sep 2 07:22:59 2012 by Anna
Fig taste test
Posted Fri Aug 31 08:21:45 2012 by Anna
Why I chose meat rabbits
Posted Tue Aug 21 12:41:06 2012 by Shannon
Tomato month
Posted Tue Aug 14 07:34:43 2012 by Anna
How to grow sprouting beans
Posted Mon Aug 13 07:42:30 2012 by Anna
Potato onion taste and storage
Posted Sun Aug 12 08:23:11 2012 by Anna
Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning
Posted Thu Aug 2 07:51:16 2012 by Anna
How to make an herbal salve
Posted Mon Jul 30 07:36:45 2012 by Anna
Growing enough food
Posted Fri Jul 20 07:16:31 2012 by Anna
Wheeling home the harvest
Posted Wed Jul 18 07:19:14 2012 by Anna
Early July garden
Posted Wed Jul 11 07:29:02 2012 by Anna
How to make wild grape juice
Posted Thu Jul 5 12:01:05 2012 by Camilla Barry
Wildcrafting
Posted Wed Jun 27 12:01:02 2012 by Anna
Garlic curing racks
Posted Fri Jun 8 07:38:19 2012 by Anna
Eating garlic scapes
Posted Wed May 30 06:40:17 2012 by Anna
Strawberry week
Posted Thu May 24 07:28:27 2012 by Anna
Broiler calendar
Posted Tue May 8 16:55:43 2012 by mark
What does a cicada taste like?
Posted Sun May 6 07:01:02 2012 by Anna
Gourmet potato varieties
Posted Tue Apr 24 07:58:35 2012 by Anna
Homestead healthcare
Posted Sat Apr 21 08:19:45 2012 by Anna
Rabenberg on brix
Posted Fri Apr 13 12:00:44 2012 by Anna
DIY gourmet salad mix
Posted Fri Apr 13 08:28:29 2012 by Anna
Brunetti on plant secondary metabolites
Posted Thu Apr 12 12:00:48 2012 by Anna
Spring soup
Posted Tue Apr 3 07:55:51 2012 by Anna
Turnip raab
Posted Fri Mar 2 07:24:46 2012 by Anna
Extracting coconut butter
Posted Tue Feb 14 07:34:21 2012 by Anna
Roasted garlic hummus
Posted Sun Jan 29 08:31:26 2012 by Anna
Problems with extracting your honey by hand
Posted Wed Jan 18 08:15:48 2012 by Anna
How to roast garlic
Posted Tue Jan 17 08:08:45 2012 by Anna
Midwinter stores
Posted Mon Jan 16 07:49:31 2012 by Anna
February Weekend Homesteader
Posted Fri Jan 13 11:18:25 2012 by Anna
Delicious no-wheat brownies
Posted Wed Jan 11 16:00:31 2012 by mark
Coconut flour brownies
Posted Wed Jan 11 08:35:57 2012 by Anna
Simplifying (or complicating) bread baking
Posted Fri Dec 23 12:00:40 2011 by Anna
Rising and shaping bread
Posted Thu Dec 22 12:01:02 2011 by Anna
Kneading bread dough
Posted Wed Dec 21 12:01:05 2011 by Anna
Bread ingredients and proofing yeast
Posted Tue Dec 20 12:00:59 2011 by Anna
Baking bread
Posted Mon Dec 19 12:00:57 2011 by Anna
January Weekend Homesteader
Posted Fri Dec 16 18:19:12 2011 by Anna
Fresh frozen cabbage
Posted Thu Dec 15 08:04:21 2011 by Anna
Autumn olive fruit leather
Posted Wed Dec 7 06:00:49 2011 by Anna
Buying grains in bulk
Posted Sun Dec 4 08:41:13 2011 by Anna
Roast venison ham
Posted Fri Nov 25 12:00:52 2011 by Anna
smoking venison on a chimney top
Posted Thu Nov 24 12:00:41 2011 by Joey
How much meat do you get from a deer?
Posted Wed Nov 23 12:00:43 2011 by Anna
Butchering a deer
Posted Tue Nov 22 12:00:20 2011 by Anna
Off-farm food
Posted Tue Nov 22 07:27:28 2011 by Anna
Meyer lemon meringue pie with a chocolate crust
Posted Sun Nov 6 07:35:04 2011 by Anna
2011 lemon harvest
Posted Sat Nov 5 08:00:41 2011 by Anna
November Weekend Homesteader
Posted Fri Oct 28 08:34:13 2011 by Anna
One season of food drying
Posted Thu Oct 20 08:16:22 2011 by Anna
Smoking meat at home
Posted Sat Oct 15 07:49:11 2011 by Anna
Easier way to shell peanuts
Posted Wed Oct 12 08:29:33 2011 by Anna
Garlic and thyme chicken leg
Posted Sun Oct 9 07:55:32 2011 by Anna
Sweet harvest
Posted Thu Sep 29 15:20:53 2011 by mark
Autumn Olive fruits
Posted Wed Sep 28 08:01:20 2011 by Anna
October Weekend Homesteader
Posted Sat Sep 24 19:42:35 2011 by Anna
Dark chocolate pie
Posted Sat Sep 24 08:18:59 2011 by Anna
Traditional way to cook an old chicken
Posted Wed Sep 21 07:16:50 2011 by Anna
Eating homegrown peanuts
Posted Mon Sep 19 07:43:53 2011 by Anna
Acidity and canning tomatoes
Posted Thu Sep 1 12:00:24 2011 by Anna
Late August harvest update
Posted Fri Aug 26 17:01:01 2011 by mark
September Weekend Homesteader: The Harvest
Posted Fri Aug 26 12:01:13 2011 by Anna
August preserving frenzy
Posted Wed Aug 24 07:34:25 2011 by Anna
Mother-daughter canning day
Posted Sun Aug 21 07:30:45 2011 by Anna
Sorting onions for storage
Posted Wed Aug 17 07:28:23 2011 by Anna
How to make spaghetti sauce out of whole tomatoes
Posted Mon Aug 15 07:00:59 2011 by Anna
Deer hunting baby steps
Posted Sun Aug 14 07:01:58 2011 by Anna
Threshing and winnowing wheat
Posted Sat Jul 30 08:42:17 2011 by Anna
August Weekend Homesteader: The Sun
Posted Tue Jul 26 12:21:56 2011 by Anna
Best food dryer
Posted Mon Jul 25 07:40:36 2011 by Anna
Descent into winter
Posted Sat Jul 23 07:00:36 2011 by Anna
Filling the oven
Posted Fri Jul 15 07:32:51 2011 by Anna
Black australorp broilers, part 1
Posted Tue Jul 12 11:39:57 2011 by Anna
Sauteed summer squash with basil
Posted Wed Jul 6 07:53:02 2011 by Anna
What to do with monster squash
Posted Sun Jul 3 08:36:57 2011 by Anna
When is a gooseberry ripe?
Posted Fri Jul 1 08:24:04 2011 by Anna
How to dry summer squash
Posted Wed Jun 29 07:42:41 2011 by Anna
July edition of Weekend Homesteader
Posted Tue Jun 21 12:00:32 2011 by Anna
Egyptian onion anatomy
Posted Mon Jun 13 12:00:33 2011 by Anna
Grilling from scratch
Posted Mon Jun 13 07:12:53 2011 by Anna
Fruit leather
Posted Fri Jun 10 12:00:47 2011 by Anna
The best foods to dry
Posted Thu Jun 9 12:00:45 2011 by Anna
Leftover fruit leather experiments
Posted Thu Jun 9 06:32:41 2011 by Anna
Drying food with and without electricity
Posted Wed Jun 8 12:00:46 2011 by Anna
Advantages of drying food
Posted Tue Jun 7 12:00:42 2011 by Anna
How to Dry Foods
Posted Mon Jun 6 12:00:45 2011 by Anna
MyPlate: The new government "food pyramid"
Posted Sun Jun 5 07:51:15 2011 by Anna
How to make homemade sausage for pizza
Posted Fri Jun 3 07:37:55 2011 by Anna
Memorial Day week heat wave
Posted Thu Jun 2 06:34:30 2011 by Anna
How to grow the tastiest strawberries
Posted Mon May 30 07:20:59 2011 by Anna
How to make sun-dried strawberry leather
Posted Sat May 28 07:40:54 2011 by Anna
Chocolate strawberry shortcake recipe
Posted Fri May 20 06:46:37 2011 by Anna
Easy and delicious cooked greens
Posted Sat May 14 07:01:11 2011 by Anna
Basic lamb chili recipe
Posted Sun May 8 08:54:19 2011 by Anna
Bee hive nearly ready to split
Posted Mon Apr 25 07:27:42 2011 by Anna
Tex-Mex lamb ribs
Posted Wed Apr 20 08:03:58 2011 by Anna
How to cook various cuts of lamb
Posted Fri Apr 8 08:05:56 2011 by Anna
The best diet
Posted Fri Apr 1 12:00:46 2011 by Anna
Vegetable garden at the end of March
Posted Fri Apr 1 08:27:02 2011 by Anna
Bad foods that are good for you
Posted Thu Mar 31 12:00:36 2011 by Anna
Good foods that are bad for you
Posted Wed Mar 30 12:00:16 2011 by Anna
Complicated nutritional guidelines
Posted Tue Mar 29 12:00:48 2011 by Anna
Politically Incorrect Nutrition
Posted Mon Mar 28 12:00:47 2011 by Anna
Buying a whole lamb
Posted Wed Mar 16 08:43:10 2011 by Anna
Pea tendrils are the first salad green
Posted Tue Mar 15 08:07:44 2011 by Anna
Morel hunting and cultivation tips from Mushroom Mountain
Posted Mon Mar 7 16:47:20 2011 by mark
Taking stock of winter stores
Posted Wed Feb 16 08:43:39 2011 by Anna
Road food
Posted Mon Feb 14 08:06:50 2011 by Anna
Homemade oil, trial 1
Posted Sat Jan 22 07:39:33 2011 by Anna
Testing the temperature on top of the wood stove
Posted Tue Jan 11 07:45:12 2011 by Anna
Backyard grain experiments
Posted Mon Jan 3 12:00:38 2011 by Anna
Dutch oven roasted chicken
Posted Mon Jan 3 08:14:21 2011 by Anna
Appalachian stack cake
Posted Sun Jan 2 08:39:29 2011 by Anna
Checking over the storage potatoes
Posted Fri Dec 24 07:57:23 2010 by Anna
Cooking on the wood stove
Posted Thu Dec 23 08:46:16 2010 by Anna
Garden hardiness after hard winter freeze
Posted Wed Dec 22 09:49:04 2010 by Anna
Culling a chicken from the flock
Posted Sun Dec 12 06:00:36 2010 by Anna
Uses for Thanksgiving bones
Posted Fri Nov 26 10:21:42 2010 by Anna
Thanksgiving pies
Posted Thu Nov 25 08:18:28 2010 by Anna
Homegrown tomatoes for Thanksgiving
Posted Mon Nov 22 08:20:08 2010 by Anna
Butternut squash nutritional information
Posted Wed Nov 17 07:53:56 2010 by Anna
How to ripen persimmons
Posted Fri Nov 5 12:00:29 2010 by Anna
American and Asian persimmons
Posted Tue Nov 2 12:00:56 2010 by Anna
Picking green tomatoes
Posted Sun Oct 17 07:00:21 2010 by Anna
Dark chocolate cocoa muffins
Posted Fri Oct 15 07:00:36 2010 by Anna
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Posted Tue Oct 12 12:00:42 2010 by Adrianne
Assembling the Rajkumar oil expeller
Posted Tue Oct 12 07:52:18 2010 by Anna
How to clean dried beans
Posted Mon Oct 11 08:04:32 2010 by Anna
A full freezer
Posted Fri Oct 8 07:42:02 2010 by Anna
Broccoli and mushroom omelet recipe
Posted Mon Oct 4 07:36:37 2010 by Anna
Unwrapping an oil expeller from India
Posted Sun Oct 3 09:25:06 2010 by Anna
Can you taste good nutrition?
Posted Fri Oct 1 12:00:40 2010 by Anna
Okra and bean ratatouille
Posted Fri Oct 1 07:54:54 2010 by Anna
Don't lose nutrients in the kitchen
Posted Thu Sep 30 12:00:53 2010 by Anna
Summer to fall garden changeover
Posted Wed Sep 29 07:49:57 2010 by Anna
The most nutritious vegetables
Posted Tue Sep 28 12:00:59 2010 by Anna
Gardening for Maximum Nutrition
Posted Mon Sep 27 12:00:40 2010 by Anna
Early autumn harvest
Posted Sun Sep 26 08:18:31 2010 by Anna
Processed foods and a grain-based diet
Posted Wed Sep 22 12:00:43 2010 by Anna
Storing potatoes in the fridge
Posted Sun Sep 19 08:11:14 2010 by Anna
How to make ketchup from fresh tomatoes
Posted Sat Sep 18 07:12:14 2010 by Anna
Skin-on apple sauce
Posted Wed Sep 15 07:54:57 2010 by Anna
Butternut squash pie recipe
Posted Sun Sep 12 06:47:13 2010 by Anna
Community cannery
Posted Sat Sep 11 09:52:17 2010 by Anna
Sweet corn, bean, and tomato salad
Posted Wed Sep 8 08:20:03 2010 by Anna
Hollywood sun-dried tomatoes, part 2
Posted Sat Sep 4 09:18:13 2010 by Anna
Hollywood sun-dried tomatoes, part 1
Posted Wed Sep 1 07:31:20 2010 by Anna
How to shell urd beans
Posted Sat Aug 21 09:42:21 2010 by Anna
Harvest catch-all soup
Posted Fri Aug 20 08:09:27 2010 by Anna
How to make peach leather
Posted Mon Aug 16 07:37:21 2010 by Anna
Filling the fridge and freezer
Posted Tue Jul 27 07:26:26 2010 by Anna
Sorting garlic for storage
Posted Thu Jul 22 07:35:04 2010 by Anna
Expanding the fall broccoli
Posted Sun Jul 18 08:08:02 2010 by Anna
The Huckleberry seal of approval
Posted Fri Jul 16 07:12:14 2010 by Anna
Training butternuts
Posted Thu Jul 1 06:54:01 2010 by Anna
June freezing
Posted Thu Jun 24 07:38:50 2010 by Anna
Roast chicken and rigor mortis
Posted Wed Jun 23 07:39:58 2010 by Anna
Resources for beginners
Posted Fri Jun 11 12:20:49 2010 by Anna
In-season cooking experiments
Posted Thu Jun 10 12:00:29 2010 by Anna
A summer carol
Posted Thu Jun 10 07:27:44 2010 by Anna
Simple recipes for simple vegetables
Posted Wed Jun 9 12:00:38 2010 by Anna
Six easy vegetables
Posted Tue Jun 8 12:00:36 2010 by Anna
Honey harvest, part 2
Posted Tue Jun 8 07:54:10 2010 by Anna
Gardening and eating in season can be daunting
Posted Mon Jun 7 12:00:27 2010 by Anna
How to extract honey
Posted Mon Jun 7 07:24:46 2010 by Anna
Harvesting new potatoes
Posted Wed Jun 2 06:34:15 2010 by Anna
Harvesting broccoli
Posted Tue Jun 1 07:13:41 2010 by Anna
Gratuitous strawberry photo
Posted Sat May 29 08:34:42 2010 by Anna
Broccoli bounty
Posted Fri May 28 07:53:00 2010 by Anna
Leftover strawberries
Posted Tue May 25 07:26:56 2010 by Anna
Overwintering carrots and parsnips
Posted Mon May 24 12:00:11 2010 by Anna
May flowers
Posted Thu May 13 08:16:54 2010 by Anna
Gourmet omelet
Posted Thu Apr 22 06:55:24 2010 by Anna
2010's first spring salad
Posted Sat Apr 10 07:58:20 2010 by Anna
Haybox
Posted Mon Feb 8 06:55:30 2010 by Anna
Rocket stove materials
Posted Sun Feb 7 10:13:49 2010 by Anna
Rocket stove
Posted Tue Feb 2 07:31:28 2010 by Anna
Baking a cake, farm style
Posted Tue Jan 12 07:24:00 2010 by Anna
You know you're a homesteading geek when...
Posted Mon Jan 11 08:23:33 2010 by Anna
Is gluten bad for you?
Posted Sat Jan 9 07:42:32 2010 by Anna
Santa comes to the farm
Posted Mon Dec 28 07:00:05 2009 by Anna
Emergency power outage infrastructure
Posted Sat Dec 26 07:00:04 2009 by Anna
How to make a Dutch oven
Posted Thu Dec 24 07:00:10 2009 by Anna
Taking stock
Posted Wed Dec 23 02:00:15 2009 by Anna
How to cook with Meyer lemons
Posted Mon Dec 14 08:31:27 2009 by Anna
How to care for a Meyer lemon
Posted Sun Dec 13 08:27:38 2009 by Anna
Cooking venision
Posted Wed Dec 2 07:00:26 2009 by Anna
Storing parsnips and carrots
Posted Thu Nov 26 08:48:14 2009 by Anna
Gooseberry Fool
Posted Mon Nov 16 07:27:00 2009 by Anna
Grilled deer delicacy
Posted Sun Nov 15 13:59:37 2009 by mark
Gutting, skinning, and butchering the deer
Posted Sun Nov 15 08:58:43 2009 by Anna
First day of hunting season
Posted Sat Nov 14 07:59:34 2009 by Anna
Fall Broccoli
Posted Thu Nov 5 07:47:24 2009 by Anna
State of the larder report
Posted Wed Nov 4 07:48:14 2009 by Anna
What makes pears gritty?
Posted Mon Oct 26 08:13:46 2009 by Anna
Forbidden Fruit
Posted Sun Oct 25 09:39:59 2009 by Anna
Roast roots and frost preparation
Posted Sat Oct 17 08:14:07 2009 by Anna
How to tell if a watermelon is ripe
Posted Wed Oct 14 07:00:08 2009 by Anna
Preparing for the frost2
Posted Tue Oct 6 08:34:56 2009 by Anna
How to not make a lucy omelet
Posted Sun Oct 4 21:08:20 2009 by mark
Eating Fresh Vegetables All Winter
Posted Fri Oct 2 12:00:28 2009 by Anna
The harvest saga continues
Posted Wed Sep 30 07:30:28 2009 by Anna
Deer hunting dream
Posted Tue Sep 29 07:56:13 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Storage Vegetables
Posted Mon Sep 28 12:00:28 2009 by Anna
Double the garlic
Posted Sat Sep 26 08:43:15 2009 by Anna
Freezing the harvest
Posted Fri Sep 25 08:17:17 2009 by Anna
Stocking up and preparing for fall
Posted Wed Sep 23 07:29:33 2009 by Anna
Website, freezer, and hen news
Posted Tue Sep 8 07:34:02 2009 by Anna
Farm news
Posted Tue Aug 18 08:31:10 2009 by Anna
Shiitakes and the food pyramid
Posted Fri Aug 7 08:25:31 2009 by Anna
Redi-Set Go Indoor Grill
Posted Thu Jul 30 08:04:32 2009 by Anna
Green Bean and Potato Salad
Posted Sat Jul 25 08:07:09 2009 by Anna
First priority - the harvest
Posted Wed Jul 22 08:04:40 2009 by Anna
Drinks really add up
Posted Fri Jul 17 12:00:30 2009 by Anna
Reduced meat is safe and cheap
Posted Thu Jul 16 12:00:20 2009 by Anna
Adventures in colorful language
Posted Sat Jul 11 09:05:25 2009 by Anna
Sourwood honey flow
Posted Mon Jul 6 07:26:33 2009 by Anna
Ode to Masai Beans
Posted Tue Jun 30 05:06:40 2009 by Anna
Garden produce
Posted Sat Jun 20 07:34:36 2009 by Anna
Freezing greens and peas
Posted Sat Jun 13 12:39:43 2009 by Anna
Better butter
Posted Sun Jun 7 08:54:27 2009 by Anna
Strawberry freezer jam
Posted Thu Jun 4 07:35:19 2009 by Anna
Garlic scapes
Posted Sat May 30 08:36:30 2009 by Anna
Charcoal starter short-cut
Posted Fri May 29 19:46:16 2009 by Mark
Out with the mold
Posted Thu Apr 30 08:12:28 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Farm Freezing, Part 5
Posted Fri Apr 24 11:34:08 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Farm Freezing, Part 4
Posted Thu Apr 23 12:06:06 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Farm Freezing, Part 3
Posted Wed Apr 22 13:05:06 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Farm Freezing, Part 2
Posted Tue Apr 21 11:02:01 2009 by Anna
Introduction to Farm Freezing, Part 1
Posted Mon Apr 20 11:12:37 2009 by Anna
Gluten
Posted Mon Mar 30 07:55:06 2009 by Anna
First home grown salad!
Posted Mon Mar 9 08:10:00 2009 by Anna
Food and Health, Part 10
Posted Fri Feb 27 11:26:48 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 9
Posted Thu Feb 26 12:46:26 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 8
Posted Wed Feb 25 10:53:37 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 7
Posted Tue Feb 24 11:10:14 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 6
Posted Mon Feb 23 12:21:24 2009 by Errol
Egg Advice, Part 4
Posted Thu Feb 19 10:59:46 2009 by Errol
Running out of onions
Posted Thu Feb 19 07:36:46 2009 by Anna
Egg Advice, Part 3
Posted Wed Feb 18 12:45:59 2009 by Errol
Egg Advice, Part 2
Posted Tue Feb 17 11:03:16 2009 by Errol
Egg Advice, Part 1
Posted Mon Feb 16 12:19:10 2009 by Anna
Eating the first Meyers Lemon
Posted Thu Feb 12 07:48:09 2009 by Anna
Food and Health, Part 5
Posted Fri Jan 23 11:42:40 2009 by Errol
Loading the golf cart onto the trailer photos
Posted Fri Jan 23 07:52:06 2009 by Anna
Food and Health, Part 4
Posted Thu Jan 22 12:06:35 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 3
Posted Wed Jan 21 11:26:05 2009 by Errol
Food and Health, Part 2
Posted Tue Jan 20 12:03:12 2009 by Errol
Food and Health
Posted Mon Jan 19 11:56:55 2009 by Errol
Lisbeth, Food, and Spam
Posted Sun Jan 18 09:59:52 2009 by Anna
Frozen Freezer
Posted Fri Jan 16 08:42:26 2009 by Anna
Ode to Egyptian Onions
Posted Tue Jan 13 08:37:12 2009 by Anna
Off the grid in Texas
Posted Sun Jan 11 19:45:12 2009 by Mark
Cranberry Raisin Pie
Posted Mon Dec 29 09:10:19 2008 by Anna
Bread that makes the cut
Posted Sat Dec 27 20:30:34 2008 by Anna
Full Moon Feast
Posted Fri Dec 26 10:45:56 2008 by Anna
Christmas feast '08
Posted Thu Dec 25 15:56:43 2008 by Anna
Baking up a storm
Posted Wed Dec 24 14:26:08 2008 by Anna
Cheddar-Parmesan Crackers
Posted Sun Dec 14 08:59:56 2008 by Anna
Crusty Bread
Posted Mon Dec 8 08:30:34 2008 by Anna
Buying in Bulk
Posted Fri Dec 5 08:17:05 2008 by Anna
How NOT to turn turkey feet into dog food
Posted Wed Dec 3 08:24:45 2008 by Anna
One way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey
Posted Tue Nov 25 10:52:40 2008 by Anna
How to make home made dog food
Posted Wed Nov 19 09:10:31 2008 by Anna
In search of the world's best pizza
Posted Tue Nov 18 08:15:02 2008 by Anna
Learning to cook in season
Posted Wed Nov 12 09:24:18 2008 by Anna
How to cook an old chicken, part 2
Posted Mon Nov 10 07:30:04 2008 by Anna
Open letter to the local deer population
Posted Sun Nov 9 11:55:14 2008 by Mark
Winner and wildcrafting
Posted Sun Nov 2 11:07:41 2008 by Anna
How to make peanut butter
Posted Fri Oct 31 17:23:01 2008 by Anna
A Question of Hunting
Posted Sun Oct 26 21:17:03 2008 by Mark
Eating out of the freezer
Posted Sun Oct 26 14:50:39 2008 by Anna
Roast Rooster
Posted Sat Oct 18 20:55:49 2008 by Anna
New Recipe Page
Posted Fri Oct 17 21:36:13 2008 by Anna
Rooster Poll
Posted Thu Oct 16 16:36:47 2008 by Anna
How to Make Apple Cider in a Juicer
Posted Wed Oct 15 20:06:14 2008 by Anna
CSA and Eating in Season
Posted Mon Oct 13 18:53:36 2008 by Anna
How to cook an old chicken
Posted Tue Oct 7 19:56:35 2008 by Anna

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