Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you all have a spooky day today. I don’t have any jack-o-lantern pictures for you, but I do have this beautiful orange calendula flower that recently opened. Can you believe that we’re still getting flowers? I sure can’t, but I love it! We also have a few pretty decent sized cauliflowers…
Updates & Recent Happenings
Updates and Recent Happenings: Many Mushrooms and a Rainy Fall Garden
Hello you! Yes, you… how has your week been? Good, I hope. Mine has been lovely! It finally feels like October around here. The rain has started, although there are plenty of sunny days in between. Not a problem in my book, as I know how grey it can get around here come winter. We’ve…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Foraging Finds and a Baby Cauliflower
Well, hi there! I hope this past week has treated you well. I’ve had a wonderful week, and the weather has been beautiful! We finally got a bit of rain today, which was needed, but up until now it’s been sunny and gorgeous. On our days off, Joel and I went for a little foraging…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Fall Flowers and Zesty Salsa
Well, here we are. A couple of weeks into fall, yet the days are still beautiful and warm. So warm, in fact, that we still have flowers blooming all over the garden. The cold snap that we had didn’t last, and the warmer weather is tricking all of our plants into thinking that it’s still…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Rocket Stoves and Green Tomatoes
Well, with the cooler weather also comes colds and flu, and I’ve been sick twice in the past few weeks. This is really strange for me as I generally have a strong immune system and rarely get what goes around, but I guess it was just my time. Boo! Since I’m still under the weather…
Herbal Academy Introductory Herbal Course Review
As I’ve mentioned in a few of my posts over the past several weeks, I’ve been taking the Introductory Herbal Course from the Herbal Academy. This was actually the first online course that I’ve ever taken, so I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about how good it could be. I have…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Lots of Walking and a Spent Garden
Well, here we are, a few days into fall and I’m loving it! My week was a little different than usual in that I went up to my sisters house near Portland for a few days as she was due to give birth at any moment. I made sure to make her some of my…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Fall is in the Air
Well, it was like a light switch was turned from summer to fall last week. We went from highs in the 90’s to cold enough to light our woodstove in a matter of days. Fall is in the air, and that’s ok with me because it’s my favorite season! We still have a few warm…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Sunflowers and Calendula
Well, I’ve been a day late and a dollar short all week, which is why I’m writing this post a full day later than I usually do. Besides the fact that we’ve been super busy and had to totally rethink our property buying plan, our internet has been on and off all week, which makes…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Tomato Sauce and Crater Lake
I don’t know about what it’s like where you are, but here in Southern Oregon it’s really starting to feel like fall. The nights are getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and I’m starting to feel a bit like a squirrel trying to stock up for winter. Which is a good thing, because preserving…
