Sparce Abundance
- At August 14, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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The fridge doesn’t remain stocked nowadays. The consuming rhythms of the farm leave less time for redundant runs to the grocery store, therefore less impulse buying and less clutter on the refrigerator shelves. Basically, we’ve been living off of whatever eggs come out of the chicken coop and vegetables come out of the garden, plus frozen meat from the farmer’s market and good fats, like drippings from frozen, pastured bacon and mail-ordered coconut oil. I make a big soup with homemade chicken stock, and we eat off of it for 2 1/2 days. I’ve always been one to eat a soup breakfast, lunch and dinner, but I’ve noticed my husband doing this lately, too. There’s no other option. A run into town takes 10 solid minutes each way and the pickings there are mostly fast-food nonsense. A run to Whole Foods hot bar, which used to be our cafeteria on days I wasn’t cooking, takes 20 solid minutes each way, making it an occasional treat.
Read More»Lots and Lots of Beans.
- At August 8, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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That’s exactly what we came home to after 11 glorious days back east. Lots and lots and lots of beans. So many that we actually enlisted help in exchange for a mid-day burger feast.
Our friends Malcolm and Khai helped us out with bean duty. I accidentally gave Malc a busted bag, so I believe this is a freeze-frame of him politely muttering.
Vacation!
- At July 31, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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Ahhhhhhh…. Summer vacation.
I’m fully committed to doing NOTHING these bliss-filled 11 whole days, and I’m surprisingly quite adept at it. I don’t count reading (Bossypants, by Tina Fey), eating too much, goofing off, sleeping excessive amounts or drinking caffeinated tea (to ensure I have plenty of energy for my nothing-doing.) And, I’ve not once had to reprimand myself for trying to slip in something productive.
Read More»Enter to Win 25 Packets of Seeds from Seeds of Change!
- At July 24, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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Seeds of Change is giving away 25 packets of organic seeds to one lucky Organic Spark reader! And, here’s how to enter:
Read More»Vacuuming Weeds
- At July 18, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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Let’s be frank… pretty much everything growing in our garden right now was on a wing and a prayer. We folded in a bunch of dried out horse manure because we don’t have any compost yet, which we’re hearing is not even the best manure for gardens. (I’d love to hear your thoughts on horse manure vs. say cow or sheep.) Planted good seed, watered, weeded and that’s about it. Plus, we’re growing organically, which according to someone’s theory, should cause more problems, but being a total newbie who’s getting results, I beg to differ. I’m not saying it won’t be hard to get better and really hard to get great, but if I can do it pretty well, it might not be all that scary in the first place. I mean, take a look at this chard…
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