A special visitor
In an earlier post, I mentioned that we saved a bunch of tomatoes for a special homestead visitor. Guess who the visitor is?? A turtle! (Or, a Northern Red-bellied Cooter.) Shane found him on the side of the road, while …
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Backyard Homestead harvest
Weekend harvest from the backyard homestead! So many tomatoes! These tomatoes were given to a special backyard homestead visitor – I’ll reveal more later! Even more tomatoes (including more yellow tomatoes!), 2 small eggplants, and a zucchini! Plus, some fruit: …
Sunday Cooking
Using ingredients from the Farmer’s Market, our recent CSA share, and the backyard homestead, we created a yummy Sunday morning breakfast! Cooking in the midst of a kitchen renovation is tricky; I think we did okay! eggs with cheddar cheese, …
Running at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Earlier this week, I attended an admissions conference at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Since it’s my first visit to the campus, and I’m training for this half marathon, I decided to map out a run and photograph some sights …
Cinnamon Muffins
adapted from Ravishing Relative Recipes Makes 12+ muffins 4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon cinnamon2 cups flour1 cup sugar1 cup milk1/2 cup oil2 eggscinnamon sugar – for sprinkling on top Preheat oven to 375F. Prepare muffin tins. Combine dry …
What’s for Dinner?
That’s a good question — what are you making? Having rescued half of my kitchen from the remodeling project, I’m able to put together some yummy meals! Last night’s dinner featured a smorgasbord of veggies and couscous! The great thing …
CSA Week 10 + a surprise!
Here’s my Week 10 Colchester Farm CSA pick-up (with a few extras)! This week, we got another watermelon (the first one was soooo good!), a lovely large eggplant, green beans (eee!), tomatillos, carrots (see them in the back?), and a …
Saving Summer
I love summer. I love fall more, but I love summer food. At the peak of summer, in July and August, there is so much fresh, local produce. Have you visited the Farmer’s Market lately? Check out Local Harvest for …
Backyard Homestead Update, Part II
Let me start by saying how excited I am that a homestead update requires two posts! (See the first one here.) There’s so much growth! This was my raised vegetable garden in May! (since then, I’ve added two raised beds, …
Kitchen in progress
This past weekend, we had a few visitors on the homestead! Planning for a day of work, Shane’s mom, dad, and sister came to help in the garden, with the back porch, and with the kitchen! (Two major projects going …