Tag Archives: FAIL
And now, squash vine borers
Well, that’s it. I’m pretty much ready to throw in the towel on 2011′s garden. It’s been one thing after another around here — thank goodness I don’t have to actually sustain my family on this garden because we’d be … Continue reading
The New Normal
Various economists are referring to this extremely slow “recovery” as The New Normal. Economy aside, I can’t think of a better phrase to describe our crazy summer of working, volunteering, gardening, and now a frenetic preserving and preparing for our … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Permaculture, Practical, Theoretical, Yeast/Fermentation
The perfect is the enemy of the good
This phrase has been in my mind lately — I read it in reference to farming several times over the past few months. It makes sense: there are many really great family farmers out there who may not be certified … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Gardening, Practical
A cheesy confession
It’s likely that nobody remembers my bold proclamation in mid-September about how I was going to start making cheese. I got this book from the library. I read the first four pages of it, at least. But I never got … Continue reading
Filed under Practical, Yeast/Fermentation
Garden update (the dead and dying edition)
September is here. The end is near. A little over a week ago it started getting down into the low 50s every single night. Fall has arrived, a bit early, and after a very cool summer. Let’s assess the damage, … Continue reading
Garden update, mid-August(!) edition
This happens every year. OK this is really only my second year with a real garden but it happened last year too. I get to mid-August, and I walk past the garden, and I see 2 ft tall weeds, and … Continue reading
Corn down
We had some straight-line winds this afternoon that took down my 3 cute little stalks of corn. Such a bummer, not necessarily because we lost the three cobs of corn that we would have gotten, but because my precious pole … Continue reading
Ginger beer: FAIL
You win some; you lose some. Our ginger beer recipe resulted in vat of very delicious-smelling but decidedly not delicious-looking ginger beer: Yes, that’s mold. So this was a good $5 worth of ginger and sugar, down the drain (well, … Continue reading
Filed under Practical, Yeast/Fermentation
