by Daisy | Aug 19, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
Do you know what this is? A handmade solid wood tortilla press! I’m imagining home-milled organic corn tortillas, hot off the griddle. These are handcrafted in a workshop in Santa Maria, California, called Central Coast Woodworks. Pur-tee. And this is impossibly...
by Daisy | Aug 11, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
I just got these from High Mowing Organic Seeds in the mail. I couldn’t resist ordering a few “new” seeds for this fall/winter season instead of hoping the ones in my aging stash were still good. They probably are, mostly, but I was out of kale seeds...
by Daisy | Aug 5, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
I was jealous when I heard about the school system in California that decided to feed it’s students only organic, non-GMO lunches. Happy for them, naturally, but sorry it was such a groundbreaking initiative; this should be on the table, literally, of all school...
by Daisy | Jul 28, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
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...
by Daisy | Jul 18, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
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...
by Ivory Soap | Feb 24, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
Years ago, I read through all of Rachael Ray’s 365 something-or-other cookbook. I made a standard pantry list. I could cook almost anything in the book on the spur of the moment. My pantry was massive! And Rachael didn’t really help with breakfast or...