My sourdough starter was losing potency, even though the method I describe in Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One had worked for several years. Basic Sourdough Bread Making for Ordinary People Part One So I read up about bringing life to it in The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast. However, after […]
Flambo Bean and Ham Bone Pumpkin Instant Pot Soup
What are flambo beans, anyway? I grew the flambo beans and pumpkin in my garden, but not this year. That is, those ingredients that I put in the soup were not this year’s crop, which is part of why I am so thrilled with how well it turned out. The flambo beans are dry beans, […]
The Scary Part About Growing Your Own Mushrooms
Are mushroom plants from another planet? Mushrooms have always seemed other-worldly to me. So it was with mixed feelings that I purchased the oyster mushroom kit that was on my husband’s Christmas list. It is true he has taken me out to collect wild mushrooms, morels in particular, and we ate those and survived. Not […]
Lockdown Day 19: The Problem with Scientific Data (or Bats, Broccoli, and Hospital Stats)
The trouble with evaluating data Remember the phrase two wrongs don’t make a right? This holds true when try to evaluate scientific data. Or maybe it could be said that just because one person is wrong, that doesn’t make the other person right. There can be a lot of wrong answers to the same question. […]
Lockdown Day 7: What Qualifies as a Modern Homestead?
Homesteading versus Subsistence Living What do you think qualifies a modern homestead? I think we all have ideas in our heads about Little House on the Prairie. Or possibly someone living off the grid who has very little contact with the modern world. But are those good representations for a modern homestead? Are they helpful […]