Easy peezy.
- At July 10, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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You know what makes life easier? A good recipe. With a good recipe, the rhythm of a kitchen can happily hum.
I’ve never really had a recipe for lemonade. Seemed too easy to warrant all that effort. A bit of sweetener, bit of lemon, water and taste until it works. But having moved onto a lemon & avocado farm, I’ve been making a whole lot of lemonade. And winging it, though an important part of the creative process, eventually needed to end. It’s a bit messy.
Read More»Minus a plume.
- At July 3, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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The 5 resident chickens never left the coop before we moved in last June. And having never raised chickens before, the first few weeks of our stay didn’t provide those chickens with anything more. Each time I walked by, I felt a bit guilty. I knew I wanted to head in the direction of pasture raised chickens, which means chickens that roam around free eating bugs and worms resulting in healthy deep orange yolks and firm whites, but I just didn’t have a clue how to get there.
Read More»Why, yes it is…
- At June 26, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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John’s in South Africa, so you’re stuck with my pictures, I’m afraid.
But, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. We grew that radish! Truth be told, I was blind-sided by them. There I was, weeding and trudging along – thinking any sort of harvest was many months away and BAM! Those little pink radish heads sure are pretty sticking out of the dark brown dirt.
Read More»The best kind of gift.
- At June 19, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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A few weeks back, a team of guys came and picked the lemons from our orchard. This harvest will happen about two to three times a year for lemons, which produce pretty much year round. Our foreman Raul highly recommended the contractor who picked lemons for the previous owner of the farm, so I called up Simon and ended up feeling very satisfied with the results. Not to mention that the very last day of picking, I answered a knock at the door from Simon, who was grinning and holding an entire flat of the most delicious strawberries you’ve ever tasted. Too many for my small family to eat, we took some up to Raul, but he said no. Simon had brought him a flat, too. Smart man because I now think of strawberries when I think of Simon, and that’s one happy association.
Read More»They’re coming!
- At June 13, 2011
- By Molly Chester
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Is there anything more exciting than the picture above? OK – probably child birth. And alright – animal birth, but plant birth is pretty cool in its own right. And, our garden is currently having a whole heck of a lot of babies.
I’ve been the laughing stock of my marriage lately. You see, those are John’s boots above. And, what you can’t see are the heavy duty cargo pants just north of those shoes. Me? I prefer these…
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