Category Archives: gardening

[ making : with stinging nettle + some sort of tutorial ]

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

I wrote about when we went to pick the stinging nettle a couple of weeks ago, but now I have the pictures of what we made with all of it. 1- I blanched the nettle and just chopped it in … Continue reading →

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the bees’s remodel : part 2 or is it Portlandia?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

So the next day, after Mark had added the two new boxes to our Warre hive, while we were gone, the bees swarmed. And with the beautiful, blooming doogwood right there, I would not have gone far either. I just … Continue reading →

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the bees get a little remodel : part 1

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

So, we’ve had two boxes in our Warre hive for about a year, so Mark decided to add two more boxes.  I guess it’s not so little of a remodel for the bees… they are getting double square footage, and … Continue reading →

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:: a close up look of our backyard ::

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

The other day, I grabbed my camera, went outside and paid attention. I see spring is coming.  All in our own back yard.  Do you see signs of spring around you?

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:: nettle picking again ::

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

This past weekend, we went foraging. We had noticed the nettle was prime in some places, and for the looks in our calendar, our weekends are filling up.  I really wanted to pick stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), because we are … Continue reading →

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[ Book Review : Foraged Flavor ]

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Many months ago (too many, I think) I received a copy of this book to review.  Foraged Flavor by Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux by Potter that came out last August, 2012. First things first.  I love knitting, and … Continue reading →

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:: right now ::

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

I can’t believe November has passed. It seemed like it wasn’t long ago when we were just getting ready for Halloween, doesn’t it? I love November.  I know not everybody is rain-people, but I am.  Right now I am: :: … Continue reading →

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:: right now ::

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

    We still have fe leaves on the trees, and the compost pile is full and our garden is being cleaned out each weekend a little at a time. There are a lot less leaves on our apple tree, … Continue reading →

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:: the web ::

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

We found this spider web on the porch the other day.  Complete. Beautiful. Just like that.   And then another one, with someone working on it still. Amazing how they do this beautiful work.

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:: right now : our garden ::

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

This is how our garden is looking like today.             I’ll share what we’ve been making inside soon.

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