The sun is shinning, the birds are singing and the strawberries are rolling in, spring is here! Home canners everywhere are dusting off their canning pots and counting empty jars, because they know strawberries mark the beginning of canning season. Preserving the garden’s bounty has a seasonal rhythm that cannot be rushed or slowed, only […]
Our pine trees are dying! The pine bark beetles are ravaging our drought-stressed trees and taking them down by the thousands, and there really isn’t much we can do about it. In some cases, the trees are turning brown within a week. The swaths of standing, dead timber could mean massive devastation during fire season. […]
You could have a whole pile of cloth napkins in under 5 minutes! No sewing, no special tools, all you need is a pair of scissors, some (hopefully reusable) fabric, and the desire to reduce your paper footprint. The Paper-Free Choice Going “paper-free” in the kitchen is not as hard as you might think, especially when […]
It’s that time of year again, everyone’s got a big ol’ pot of hard boiled eggs rockin’ and rollin’ on the stove… wait, how long do we cook them again? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! The perfect hard boiled in just 4 easy steps. The yolk is bright yellow, no greenish-gray, chalky layer, and it’s pretty close […]