I’m sitting in my kitchen on Easter Sunday, watching steam uncurling from under the lid of a massive stock pot. Tomorrow it’ll be lunch for the Americorps team that will be spending the next two months at the farm. I’m about to be swept into the whirlwind of Earth Day, endless planting, goat birth, milking,Continue reading “April”
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Eat Mendocino on the radio!
Hey guys, Did you catch our interview on Women’s Voices on KZYX? If you missed it, no worries, we have the link for you here: http://www.snakelyone.com/radio/womens-voices/audio/wv-eat-mendocono-low-2-13.mp3 Blake Moore was kind enough to talk to us about our locavore ways. We had a blast, her show is really fun and I hope everyone gives her aContinue reading “Eat Mendocino on the radio!”
Orange marmalade in the face of adversity
Its been a busy week guys. Between emergency turkey roasting, filming with Parents and Friend’s and Art Explorers in the garden, Americorp work days, and newborn Nubians, (I promise pictures and blogging will happen when I’m more alive) it’s been a lot of work out in the cold. My household is sick. It’s been goingContinue reading “Orange marmalade in the face of adversity”
Thanksgiving in February, Part 2
I’m still in Turkey-coma. There are gallons of soup to be made, meat to slice and freeze, (we only carved one side of the bird and still fed six people and loaded Sarah up with meat to take to Ukiah!) and a fleet of glass tupperware full of side dishes and drippings in the fridge.Continue reading “Thanksgiving in February, Part 2”
Thanksgiving in February
I spent a lot of today wrestling a very large bird with the help of my gallant chef friend Matt. As I write I’m watching it’s epic, rounded back browning in my oven like a very suntanned whale, barely contained in its baking dish. Soon I have to get up and steam some broccoli andContinue reading “Thanksgiving in February”
Gratitude
Today I’m overwhelmed with gratitude. Partially because I’m just coming out of a couple weeks where this project was, well, hard. My roommates were moving out, and The Kid and I were transitioning to having this old sweet house to ourselves. An exciting time, but hard to be cooking three meals a day, working 7Continue reading “Gratitude”
Logistics in Paradise
We’re a few days away from the end of month one, and I’m feeling so ready to do this for another eleven months! Especially as things are just now beginning to warm up, and start to look like the cold and dark isn’t going to last forever. I have a greenhouse full of tiny translucentContinue reading “Logistics in Paradise”
Week 3- the costs of local food
Its week 3, and I feel amazing, you guys. My skin is clear, my hair looks great, and I have all kinds of energy. This rocks. It also takes a lot of time, energy, and maintaining relationships to make this work. It can be exhausting, and a full time job, and I already have aContinue reading “Week 3- the costs of local food”
Week one- foraging for mushrooms
This week we’ve gone on mushrooms walks almost every day. Around the holidays, the schools have been out on vacation, which has meant the kids have a lot of free time. So my Community Service kids, who have been assigned work hours with me by the court, have been doing long days. I’v been goingContinue reading “Week one- foraging for mushrooms”
Ruminating, involving ruminants.
Some thoughts on my former too-extreme version of this project and some speculation on how we’ll adapt this year: When I faced down actually doing this I found I had to change some major ways I had interacted with food for most of my adult life. At times this was awesome, and created a senseContinue reading “Ruminating, involving ruminants.”
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