Oh baby it's cold outside! How cold is it? It's so cold that my freezer is warmer than the outdoors. Currently it's -7F/-22C and that's several degrees warmer than it was just a few hours ago. The polar vortex will be hanging around for only a few days, and I get to miss most of …
Category: Skills
So Much
The crocus survived and is flowering! From Sunday through Tuesday last week we ended up getting a foot of snow! We had a break from the snow Monday during which we got an inch of rain. While the snow was not appreciated, the moisture was. There was so much that we went from being in …
No Fear Gardening
Hello friends! Took last weekend off from writing because I didn’t have anything much to say. I still don’t, but here I am anyway. So this could be short and sweet or long and rambling about everything and nothing in particular. Seed Starting station The indoor seed starting is going pretty well. I made the …
Back on the Bike
Goodness, what a week it’s been! The spring semester began and the library was busy, busy busy, not just with students but with professors too. It made for days that flew by with little down time but for lunch, and tired evenings at home where I wanted to do nothing but get rid of the …
Fun With Fermentation
Nothing fermenting here, just some goldenrod in the garden It turns out making a sourdough culture during the pandemic was the gateway to fun with fermentation. Tilda, my sourdough, is 3 1/2 years old now and going strong. We make sourdough discard waffles every Sunday—So delicious! From sourdough we moved on to sauerkraut. James has …
