Pumpkinpalooza

OK, OK -- it's officially October 1 now. Bring on Pumpkinpalooza!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: DIY cold & flu relief

I wrote a piece for Vermont Life magazine's web site on DIY cold and flu relief. Of course, it includes a recipe for chicken soup that doesn't suck.

Soap making

I recently took a class in soap making and wrote a little about it for Vermont Life magazine's web site. Why not have a peek?

http://www.vermontlife.com/a-bar-of-soap-closer-to-self-sufficiency/

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Peonies

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: The Ninjino

It has nothing to do with food, cooking, gardening or reading, but this week The Ninjette got a cute little brother ... which I guess makes him The Ninjino. Look for his mug in many future posts!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Holiday 2011

I love visiting with my vintage ornament collection every year. Happy holidays!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: chard and a recipe

Rainbow chard

This was what my happy chard looked like just before the deer attack.

If you're looking for a fantastic recipe for chard, which is also an easy and elegant one-pot dish, I'd urge you to try Melissa Perello's Chicken Baked on a Bed of Bread and Swiss Chard from Food and Wine magazine.

Tip: Use only about 1/2 to 3/4 of the chard called for and four or five drumstick-and-thigh chicken legs.

What's your favorite way to cook chard?

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Put 'Em Up

I received this Major Award in the mail yesterday; I can't wait to start making some of the great recipes.

I think I'll start with Cucumber Aqua Fresca...

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: VT's biggest zucchini

Now that would make a lot of zucchini chips and pickles!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: goats

The goat equivalent of licking the bowl. Some meals are just that good.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: currants?

Are these currants? Or something that will kill me if I eat it? There are tons and tons of bushes of them, as well as very old apple trees, along our road (former farm land). Can you help?

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

The wee garden grows -- just a wee bit.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: fruit

Apples in the wee orchard!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: garden

The garden, the wee orchard and the Ninjette.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: new digs

Our new backyard in Jericho, Vermont ... so happy!

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

Finally! (and only 2 weeks to go until I can plant the new garden!)

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

Seen in Montreal. I couldn't have said it better myself.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

The ninjette: pretty yet suspicious ...

(Thanks to Gulliver's Doggie Daycare for the great photo!)

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday

It's nice to be back in the land of covered bridges...

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: beach-friendly Kindle cover

Leather covers don't mix well with sand and sunscreen but this cute terry number sure does! Only simple sewing skills required.