I thought winter was supposed to be the quiet season. I had great plans of getting small bits and pieces done, you know, the things you shove to the side when the weather is good: cleaning all the windows, building a spice shelf, doing some fun crafty things… Most of that stuff went out the … More Good Riddance, Winter!
While we were away, the chickens did not die. Woohoo! Neither did they run away, incapacitate themselves or fall into the grips of illness. Frodo did manage to escape into the Vege Garden one day, but didn’t cause too much damage. The hens even managed to lay in the new coop. I wasn’t expecting them … More While we Were Away & Since We’ve Been Back
I ate Broccoli. And I liked it. There is only one way in which I like broccoli thus far, and that is in a raw broccoli salad. I’m not sure if it’s because the broccoli is raw, because there’s bacon or because there’s mayo and bacon, but it works. We made some for the first … More I Ate it And I Liked it
I have known for a while that some fats are good and some are kind of bad. We use olive oil and coconut oil, but we have also been using a highly processed oil, usually rice bran oil, for more general frying. I’ve been doing so well with low sugar and cutting down on processed … More Lardy-da: The Lard Experiments, Part 1
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