It’s almost the summer solstice, can you believe it? It happens this Sunday (at 9:38am Pacific Time, to be exact), and is the longest day of the year and the official start of summer (although it’s felt like summer here for quite a few weeks already). Such an awesome time of year. This week we…
Updates & Recent Happenings
Updates and Recent Happenings: Elderberries and a New Garden Bed
Lots of fun new things this week, namely Elderberries and a new garden bed! This past week has been HOT! It’s not even quite summertime, but we had 100°F temps for several days. It’s cooled off a bit now, thankfully, but it’s still delightfully warm. To get out of the heat on one of my…
Updates and Recent Happenings: A Red Raspberry and A Kitten
Hello there! Did you notice that I missed a post this past week? I had one all planned out, a good one at that (Wildflower Mead!) but our internet went out for a few days so I wasn’t able to get it finished. Fear not, it will come out next week, and it’s a good…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Lavender and Kombucha
Well, here we are. Summertime has hit Southern Oregon and I am absolutely loving it! Newest arrivals on the homestead are lavender and kombucha, read on for more! I have been working like crazy at my new job, but honestly it has made me manage my time even better than I did before, so the…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Sprouts and Slugs
Well how is everyone doing on this lovely Friday? We’ve had quite a cloudy and rainy week here in Ashland and it’s brought us numerous sprouts and slugs (see below), but this weekend is supposed to be sunny and warm – I can’t wait! I know that we need the rain and I appreciate any…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Normal Life
Whew! Although I absolutely love traveling, it’s so nice to come home after being away for a while. (Here’s all about our Costa Rica trip if you missed it). What’s even better is to come home to beautiful springtime! When we left over a month ago spring was juuuuust barely starting to show itself, so…
Updates and Recent Happenings: Costa Rica!
Well hello! You may have noticed a bit of an absence of yours truly in the past few weeks. I’ve only been eating, relaxing, and getting married in Costa Rica! We had such an awesome time taking in the local food and culture of the Osa Peninsula and Golfo Dulce. It really was an adventure…
Updates and Recent Happenings 4/10/15
Herbs, herbs, everywhere in this most recent updates and recent happenings! Since we’ve moved to Ashland we’ve been collecting herbs anywhere and everywhere that we can. This also includes snagging (gleaning?) a rosemary branch here and there from the ginormous bushes that seem to grow in everybody’s front yard around here. And yes, ginormous is…
Updates and Fermented Vegetables Book Giveaway!
I have some cool things for you today! Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post so that you can see my review and enter the giveaway to win Fermented Vegetables, the wonderful book by Kirsten (aka the Fermentista) and Christopher Shockey. First, though, like every Friday, I have a couple of pictures…
Updates and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Giveaway!
Hey guys! What a beautiful, amazing spring we are having here in the Rogue Valley! Today was the warmest day we’ve had yet and it was gorgeous as can be. The dandelions have been up for a few weeks now and today the bugs and bees were in full swing. Yay, bees! More dandelion posts…
