by Daisy | May 25, 2014 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
Another recipe from my buddy Bex at Elk River Guest Ranch in beautiful CO, this time a standard of ranch cooking: Cowboy Beans At the ranch after a day of riding, hiking, and biking, whitewater rafting or fly fishing, this is a SIDE DISH. At home, though, after a day...
by Daisy | May 24, 2014 | Garden, Plants & Uses
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s almost June. If you don’t believe it either, the proof is in the ripening Juneberries. I planted three Juneberry (Amelanchier) bushes three years ago. They’ve had a slow start not being in full...
by Daisy | May 19, 2014 | Fencepost, Reviews
I love “deals” pages on blogs, and I’ve been looking for some that focus on home farming and sustainability with little success. So I thought why not do one myself? Here are a few tempting deals I’ve seen around the net, specially geared for...
by Daisy | May 15, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
About a week or two ago, the daily egg count began to take a dive. I might collect five or six eggs one day, next to none the next day. A couple of days I literally collected no eggs. Some days several, some days one or two. I found a couple of half eaten eggs and...
by Daisy | May 12, 2014 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
Back in, hm, let’s check the date stamp on the photos . . . the latter days of March, I decided to dig up the madder plants that had begun to sprout and harvest the root for dyeing. The madder is some I started from seed I bought from Fedco Seeds three years...
