A Very Excellent Granola

With well over a thousand posts and goodness-knows-how-many recipes, it came as a shock for me to realize we only had ONE granola recipe. That is unacceptable for such a crunchy blog. Our only recipe (until now, that is) is Deanna’s delicious grain-free version,...

Home Farm Finds and Neat Stuff

This week’s thoughts turn to early preparation for fall and winter gardening. I know, I know, it seems like we just kissed last winter good-bye and good riddance, and we’ve got a good bit of summer left, but to get a jump on fall gardening it takes some...

Too Much of a Good Thing

Of course it’s wrong. It’s misguided. It lacks discipline and demonstrates poor planning, shows impulse control and neglect. I’m letting passionfruit vines take over my yard even though I know it will end badly. This vine is establishing a...

What I Put In My Smoothies These Days

I usually have a smoothie for breakfast, especially in the growing season when fresh greens and herbs are blowing up in the garden, and it’s too hot to want to stand in front of the stove. Since we keep the air very high, around 85+ degrees, we rely on fans to...

Book Review: The Unsettling of America

This is a book I’m ashamed to admit I only recently read. The Unsettling of America was published in 1977, which means I could have read it as a child, again as a teenager, a young adult, and many times throughout my adulthood, and it would have probably changed...