Just in time for the holiday season, I present one of my favourite holiday foods -- cranberry relish! I know cranberry relish doesn't typically hit the top ten ten list of holiday treats, but it's a big deal at my house, and I try to...
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
Staying Healthy This Season
I woke up this morning to 12 degrees of coldness outside, but to 60+ degrees of warmth inside, thanks to our lovely woodstove insert. Such happiness, to not have to rely on 60 year old electric ceiling heat to try to keep up when outdoor temperatures are frigid.
But enough on that; that's not why I'm writing today. I'm writing because of the excess of colds and flus that accompany winter. I work in a school, with students aged...
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016
The New Wheelbarrow; or, the Perils of a Too-Small Car
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A few weeks ago, we had two cords of wood dumped onto our lawn -- potential energy to provide our winter heat. Two cords is is big pile and it takes some effort to move. We started in, piling it into our rickety wheelbarrow, and...
Friday, August 26, 2016
Small-Portions Harvests
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For a variety of reasons, our garden this year (as in many other years) yields "small-portion harvests" -- just enough during any given week to treat us to home-grown fruits and vegetables that subsidize the rest of our meals, but not enough...
Monday, August 22, 2016
For the Joy of Garlic
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I love growing garlic. If the soil is rich enough, garlic can be a very rewarding (and easy) thing to grow. Planted in late autumn, it sits in the garden throughout the winter, popping green shoots through the cold earth before...
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