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Walnuts from one of our many trees.

Harvesting, Curing and Eating Walnuts

[ 4 ] By: Everett

We have lots of walnuts on this property. I’ve been around walnut trees most of my life and have tried to eat them a few times with no luck. Why didn’t the walnuts I picked up in the backyard taste like the ones you bought in the store? Well, first of all I didn’t know [...]

Hanging basil to dry.

Harvesting Some Last-Minute Left Overs

[ 2 ] By: Everett

Today I had a chance to do some foraging for other items around the yard. Even though all of the apples are gone (I think the nearby walnut trees are killing the apple trees; we’ll fix that) for the year, there are plenty of left-over things to eat. In a previous post I mentioned all [...]

Video: Washing Machine Cider Press Instructions

Video: Washing Machine Cider Press Instructions

[ 7 ] By: Everett

Our friend Lydia sent us a link to an NPR story about a couple who created a washing-machine cider press after reading this Mother Earth News article about making The Maytag Cider Press. WOW, great idea! Has anyone tried this? I’d like to give it a shot, but neither the NPR clip, nor the MOE [...]

IPOD Touch

New Technology for An Old School Technophobe!

[ 4 ] By: Tommyfreerange

When it comes to technology I am pretty old school.  I’m still using CD’s, still not carrying a cell phone, and not until a few backs did I ever send a text!  But, I’ve broken new ground….. I’ve been wanting an Ipod Touch for a few years now but never could justify the cost. I [...]

Another Hummingbird Moth Sighting!

Another Hummingbird Moth Sighting!

[ 3 ] By: Everett

This makes the second-time I’ve seen a hummingbird moth (actually third since there were two this time) on our front porch. They seem to love our as-yet-unidentified wildflowers out there. Hummingbird Moths are pretty cool creatures. They look like a baby hummingbird at first, and fly like one too. But if you look closely you’ll [...]

Our Chestnut Trees

Our Chestnut Trees

[ 5 ] By: Everett

The bad news is that getting hit with a falling chestnut is like having a small porcupine dropped onto your head from ten feet above. The good news is we have all the chestnuts we can eat and they are raining down like manna from heaven! I picked chestnuts on a small market farm in [...]

Testing the Boat

Testing the Boat

[ 1 ] By: Everett

A quiet moment as Waylon naps and Missy tests out the boat… The boat was made by Sherwin, the previous owner, and is mostly just used to clean out the drain pipe in the middle of the pond. But it makes a nice little joyride now and then too.

Gleaning Spaghetti Sauce

Gleaning Spaghetti Sauce

[ 1 ] By: Everett

We didn’t move to the new place until most of the garden was gone, but there are still some roma tomatoes, lots of bolted basil and a few pepper plants still producing. I even found some forgotten onions when mowing down the cover-crop. Although we won’t have the pretty stocked shelves of multicolored canning jars [...]

All-Grain Beer Brewing Tier

Canning Golden Delicious Applesauce

[ 5 ] By: Tommyfreerange

My friend recently let me “store” his all-grain beer making equipment. We were brewing a batch of beer one evening not long after he dropped it off and I had the idea this setup would for be perfect for canning.  So, today was the day to put up some ‘sauce and I couldn’t wait to [...]

Fish Are The New Chickens

Fish Are The New Chickens

[ 6 ] By: Everett

We left our chickens at the old place since the buyer wanted them and we figured we could always get more (and we will). But for right now we are learning that, in terms of scrap food disposal, fish are our new chickens… As you can see in the video, our little pond has an [...]