by Keri | Jan 19, 2015 | food, plants, simple living, Uncategorized |
We’ve poured our first batch of ginger ale, and it’s pretty exciting. We made the wort out of ginger & sugar, then added lemon, vanilla and ginger bug when everything cooled. Because we keep our apartment cold by American standards (60F), we kept the...
by Keri | Jan 18, 2015 | chickens, nature, simple living, Uncategorized |
I’m tending some chickens, and I hope to be great. A little side job came up for a backyard chicken / garden handyperson, and apparently, my boots fit the poops. Today was my first day, and it was supposed to rain, but never did. It was a bit more tha 50F, which...
by Keri | Jan 17, 2015 | food, peasant foods, plants, raw, simple living |
So a few months ago – or maybe even a year – there was some kind of scuffle going around the interwebz about this Fire Cider business. My favorite local herbalist was in a twist over some company trying to copyright the name “Fire...
by Keri | Jan 3, 2015 | food, peasant foods, plants, simple living |
Whenever Justin or I go grocery shopping, we always hit the “reduced produce” aisle. The best thing about the reduced produce aisle is that much of the stuff just looks bad, but isn’t. At least not yet. Tonight, they had a bunch of hot peppers that...
by Keri | Jan 2, 2015 | food, peasant foods, plants, raw, simple living |
This last six months or so, I’ve been kind of fascinated and obsessed with fermented things. It started with sourdough many years ago. It moved firmly into kefir & sauerkraut this fall and now into mildly alcoholic brews, namely ginger ale. Justin & I...
by Keri | Sep 28, 2014 | food, grocery project, life, simple living, Uncategorized |
I don’t like suburbia. It makes me sad with its sticky pavement under beige-and-smog backdrop. There is no joy in the suburbs, only heartache. Only traffic. Only box stores and styrofoam columns covered in a thin layer of peeling stucco. Only open- and...
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