The Short Story: This simple lunch and post was inspired from my friend Mil's post, My Sunday dinner: farmed and foraged, and from Dog Island Farm with their amazing Year Without Groceries project. Our goal is to be able to have one or two days a week where we eat nothing but our own food – even just one day a week would be 52 days a year. We're no where close to that, … [Read more...]
White Vinegar and Diatomaceous Earth
We are controlling ants with Diatomaceous Earth. We used this years ago in Texas to control beetles and cockroaches and I had forgotten how well it worked then. In this house there are two places we normally deal with ants all season. Ant spray gave me a nasty headache so I stopped using that. I also tried to control them with poison, which didn't really work, and ant traps, … [Read more...]
I Am Organic Weed Control
When I posted about the hidden dangers of yarden juicing, one thing I had in mind myself was the proper identification of the plants. It would be just like me to mistakenly eat poison ivy, or even plastic ivy. Most sites recommend you check with an expert on local plants before you eat any. I'm sure that is sound advice. Every region has new or mature permaculture … [Read more...]
Today I Nearly Ate a Snail
After washing off the yarden harvest, we were just about to start the juicer when we saw this little guy crawl up out of the strainer. Not sure how I missed him but I'm just glad he didn't end up in the juice. Let me back up a little bit and explain how we got here. We've … [Read more...]