by Daisy | Sep 28, 2011 | Fencepost, Flops
When we last left this saga, I had finally unstuck the lid from Ivory’s Picklemeister. It was a great feeling. I was so psyched to get the kraut started. I layered it in the crock with salt, added the inoculant from Ivory’s pickles and enough water to...
by Daisy | Sep 26, 2011 | Fencepost, Flops
As you all know, everything I do always turns out perfectly. What’s that choking sound? Ah, you’ve read our flops. Well, as long as we’re letting it all hang out, you might as well know what happened when I, inspired by Ivory’s fantabulous...
by Daisy | Sep 19, 2011 | Fencepost, Reviews
As I rush to get the last of the fall garden in, I’ve been reading, ironically, Felder Rushing’s new book, Slow Gardening, out of Chelsea Green Publishing, THE go-to sustainable living publishing house. If Felder Rushing is a new name to you, you’re...
by Daisy | Sep 16, 2011 | Crafts, Knitting
The latest in my so-easy-you-can-knit-with-swarming-kids dish/washcloth series. If you can knit and purl, you can knit this hanging upside down from the monkey bars. The name . . . I have friends who speak Castilian Spanish and I love the way they pronounce some of...
by Ivory Soap | Sep 14, 2011 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
Homesteader’s Supply got such a rush of questions about straw bale gardening, that they wrote us a tutorial! Something to keep in mind when considering gardening with straw bales, make sure you purchase straw and not hay bales… hay will get too hot in the...
