by Daisy | Oct 14, 2011 | Beverages, Recipes
Today, in addition to showing us how to make coffee French Press Style, the artisanal roasting company, JBrooks Coffee Roasters, is giving away three of their 3-bag Combo Packs. The combo has 3 different coffees – one light, one medium, & one dark roast, in...
by Daisy | Oct 13, 2011 | Beverages, Recipes
Guest posting today is our friend John Pitman of J.Brooks Coffee Roasters. Earlier in the week he soundly educated our readers on multiple coffee fronts. Today he shows us how to make the perfect home brew. After this I have no excuse for pretending to my husband I...
by Daisy | Oct 11, 2011 | Fencepost, Reviews
I was at a family birthday party when I ran into a coffee roaster. The human kind. It was John Pitman, one of the principles of J. Brooks Coffee Roasters of Memphis, Tennessee. John kindly agreed to humor my need to find out how stuff is done, because, like so many...
by Daisy | Oct 3, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
The introduction of a new plant, Luffa aegyptiaca, to the garden has had several consequences: New look for the side of the house These great things Bumble bees Carpenter bees we’ve always had in great numbers, loving up the blueberries and putting holes in the...
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...
