by Daisy | Sep 28, 2010 | Main Dishes, Recipes
I once served this soup to a man recently in the US from his native Peru. He said it was the first dish he had tasted in America that he actually liked. I was both flattered . . . and embarrassed for my great nation. Here’s the recipe: Chicken Vegetable Soup 1...
by Daisy | Sep 23, 2010 | Barnyard, Other Critters
When checking inside my horizontal top bar hive the other day I found this, an empty comb. Not sure what was going on, I showed the comb to my neighbor, an experienced beekeeper. In his opinion, this showed that the bees seemed to be chowing down on their own honey,...
by Daisy | Sep 16, 2010 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
NOTE: The following post incorrectly identified this as greenbriar, while it was later revealed by an alert reader to be passiflora lutea, or yellow passionflower. It can still be used to make ink. “Their hands and mouths covered in blue. Do you have any idea...
by Daisy | Sep 4, 2010 | Recipes
I’ve made pepper sauce (simple whole peppers in vinegar), tabasco sauce, and still they keep coming, so I strung string after string of these and hung them up in the kitchen window. Pretty and useful. When they are completely dried I can crumble one off as...
by Daisy | Aug 30, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
The paths between three of my raised beds were so overgrown with untamed tomato vines that I had to walk all around the perimeter to get into the garden. This puts me near the chicken yard which makes one squawky Australorp, the one who’s always eyeballing me,...
