And It’s Not Even Winter Yet

I gripe about the cold a lot. It seems like from November to April I never get warm.  Not really warm. Not barefoot warm. Not can’t remember what a sweater is for warm. That’s what I’m talking about.  So deep into summer I’ve forgotten about...

“Organic” Eggs

I can’t say the following surprises me, but it does disappoint. Check out this video report on YouTube, and then take a look at this “Scorecard.” How does your egg supplier fare?

Curb Robbing Confidential

I saw one of my neighbors filling bags with mulched leaves and grass a couple of days ago as I was driving by.  He had a riding mower with a collection container in the back, and he was stacking the bags in an orderly fashion next to the curb.  They looked so good I...

St. John’s Wort

It sounds very Renaissance Fair, doesn’t it?  Anything with the word “wort” in it does, I think. I had to look up the word, in fact, for this post, hoping it had a bizarre, archaic meaning, but really it only means herbaceous (non-woody) plant. ...

Tabasco 2010

I grew my first tabasco pepper plant last year and made my own tabasco sauce. It was An Experience. I loved the sauce, though, (on the second try) and grew another plant this year.  Boy howdy it is a happy plant.  Huge.  If I had two of them I could go into commercial...

Madder

How many of you read the post title and thought: “Ah, she’s getting into dyeing plants now.” If you did, you have now officially earned your Wackadoodle Homesteading/Fiber Arts Certification (WHAC). Congratulations. I think. If you just thought I was...