Spud Order

Spud Order

Maybe it’s the little bit of Irish blood that I’ve got running through my veins, or maybe it’s my tendency toward carbohydrate addiction, but potatoes have always been one of my favorite things to eat.  As far as I’m concerned, they are a food group 

An Interesting Follow-Up

I’m loving the conversation that The Femivore’s Dilemma has created, my husband and I have been discussing it for days.  I think I found the original article so irritating because, from the outside, I fit her description to a “T”. Never mind that I’ve been 

Foiled!

Foiled!

I mentioned recently that the weather here has been unseasonably warm (the warmest January on record).  It has been so warm, in fact, that four of my hens decided it was spring and went broody at the end of December, and several others started moulting not 

Chocolate Avocado Muffins (with Raspberries)

Chocolate Avocado Muffins (with Raspberries)

Sounds a little weird, doesn’t it? But trust me, you are going to want to eat these muffins morning, noon, and night. I got the original version of this recipe from a friend several months ago, and have been in love ever since. They are 

Olympic Dreams

Olympic Dreams

Wow, three months goes by really quickly!  I may not have posted for a while, but not due to a lack of things to talk about. We’re having a lovely second winter here, although it has been a lot less snowy than last year was, we 

Magical Mushrooms

Magical Mushrooms

A few photos from a recent walk through the park near our house. My husband thinks these two look like they’re sharing an intimate moment. If the other two were a couple, this is definitely a mother and child. I need to get my hands 

A Good Egg

A Good Egg

Here it is, the thing I have dreamed of for so many years – a fresh, homegrown egg from my own hens!! The layer of this beauty remains a mystery, but I have my suspicions.  It was just laying there in the middle of the 

A Month’s Worth of Posts In One

A Month’s Worth of Posts In One

It’s been a busy month, as we’ve been rushing around trying to get several things done before the weather turns cold and wet.  We spent so much of the summer working on the chicken coop that now we’re rushing to catch up on other stuff 

Sour Puss

Sour Puss

Ours is a family that loves big flavors.  Salty, bitter, spicy, sour – you name it, we love it.  Even the kids adore things like garlic, dijon mustard, kalamata olives, and tonic water, which is a dream for me, ’cause there’s no way I’d enjoy