Sustainable Eats & the Dancing Goat Gardens Communal Project

May UFH Foraging Challenge Round 3: Forage for Dinner

Annette Cottrell — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:15 +0000

image credit Langdon Cook, Fat of the Land I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that Hank and Langdon have joined in for the foraging challenge because the collective knowledge of these two foraging gurus is extensive. I’ve been … Continue reading →

May UFH Foraging Challenge Round 2: Morel Mushrooms.

Annette Cottrell — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:25:09 +0000

Have you seen Hank’s website, Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook yet? It’s fantastic, and has been a source of inspiration and personal challenge to me in the three years since I first found it one night in someone’s blog reader list. … Continue reading →

May UFH Challenge Round 1: Humble Superfood

Annette Cottrell — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:00:34 +0000

I can’t believe it’s May already. When I first hatched this year-long challenge way back in January, May seemed so far away. I was still all snow and out of dry wood and three layers of long johns and numb … Continue reading →

April UFH Gardening Challenge Roundup – Show us Your Stuff

Annette Cottrell — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:09:36 +0000

Wow did the end of April ever sneak up on me! We began April with frost and freezing temperatures and now the gardening is experiencing explosive growth. I can’t wait to read about the challenges you took on – and … Continue reading →

April Gardening Challenge Round 6: Share the Bounty

Annette Cottrell — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:06:02 +0000

I pinky swear to you that Graham Kerr himself was going to do this blog post but I just realized today that it’s the last day of April and didn’t manage to catch him in time to write it, so … Continue reading →

April Gardening Challenge Round 5: Be Lazy

Annette Cottrell — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:11:59 +0000

When it comes to gardening I am the lazy girl. I do start annuals indoors, and I weed like crazy, but each year I cut back more and more. One year while weeding I noticed after harvesting things like arugula … Continue reading →

Baby Goat Cuteness Round 2

Annette Cottrell — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:04:17 +0000

How fast they grow! Only last week these were the new boys on the block. Now they are jumping up in the air and clicking their heels, climbing on mom’s back when they are supposed to be napping and in … Continue reading →

April Gardening Challenge Round 4: Chickens in the Garden

Annette Cottrell — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:41:59 +0000

Have you seen Jessi Bloom’s new book, Free Range Chicken Gardens yet? If you’ve got chickens, or are even thinking about keeping chickens, or even are chicken, you need this book! Not only is she the Queen of Green, she’s … Continue reading →

New Babies, or Kids with Kids

Annette Cottrell — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:40:15 +0000

Monday Bells gave birth to two little twin bucklings. Here they are drying off and warming up in the cool evening air. Kids with kids. Need I say more? You’re next, Auntie Val!

April Gardening Challenge Round 3: Vertical Gardening

Annette Cottrell — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:15:19 +0000

This week’s gardening challenge is from Willi Galloway whose fabulous blog, www.digginfood.com is chock full of gardening and cooking ideas. I’ve been reading it for years now and always find something inspiring to try. In fact, this article was inspirational … Continue reading →