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Care of the Raspberry Patch
The raspberries have yet to drop all their leaves, but with plenty of rain in the forecast, now was the time to get the patches cleaned up for winter. What better way to do it than in the last blush...
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Test Knitting
The house is full of company at present, and the rains have returned to Oregon, bringing with them the constant grey that so typifies autumn in the Pacific Northwest. You’ve never seen such miserable...
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On the road
Just back from our little road trip to yurt-camp on the coast. Six hours of blissful spinning this first-shearing raw alpaca fiber while we listened to one of our favorite Arthurian-inspired stories...
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On the Oregon Coast
We are home from a weekend yurt getaway to celebrate my husband and our second daughter’s birthdays. There was a driving rain most of the time, so we skipped the frigid beach in favor of a hike...
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Applesauce
Joining with Amanda for her weekly This Moment post. Here’s my recipe, which makes 4-5 quarts finished sauce: Brown-sugar Applesauce Enough apples, washed, cored and cut into eighths, to fill an...
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Yarn Along – Rhythm of the Home
I have a piece in the new issue of Rhythm of the Home . It just came out today! Hope you get a chance to read and try out the recipe – it is a family favorite. The entire issue is packed with...
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Christmas Posey
Our first frost date is October 15, but we have yet to have a hard freeze this year. Tender plants that are normally wrapped in burlap or provided with wind screens are thriving free in the mild...
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Saturday Garden Planning
I spent a considerable amount of time in the garden this week thanks to temperatures in the high 30′s ad low 40′s. We had planned on finishing the chicken run re-do this morning. However, a bank of...
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Waiting for spring
It has been a while since I’ve posted. Life is tremendously hectic (I feel like I say that too frequently). Friends having babies, and they need meals. Kids sick with colds that become pneumonia...
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Saturday in the Garden
Most of the currants have been a dud this year, the strawberries are nearly gone, and the blueberries not-quite-ripe yet. But the raspberries!! Oh, what a fantastic year for raspberries. Many, many...
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Early September in the Garden/ Transitions
Purple “de Milpa” tomatillos. As tasty as they are beautiful. Well, the photo editor/uploader issues with WordPress haven’t been fixed yet, but I’m going to try and get a few images to upload for this...
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Midwinter Sunshine
Ruth painted a cheery sun on the card and we sewed a drawstring gift bag to round out the gift, and packaged it up. It was sent it on its way across the country, where it will bring a fellow...
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Snowy Yarn Along
George peered out the window this morning and asked, “Where all my snow go?” Winter’s brief visit has ended, leaving us a landscape of sodden ground and emerging daffodils. While we were snowed in...
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Hidden Corner and Weekly Harvest
Our chicken coop is a giant monstrosity we acquired four years ago for next to nothing on Craigslist. It got a window and bright paint and sits very happily in the back of the yard. Because it is so...
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First Day of Autumn
It has been three months since I last posted an update. Three months ago tomorrow, I broke my leg quite badly at derby practice, and have spent the summer recovering from two subsequent...
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Hop Blossoms and Dragonfly Wings
A few pictures from the last two days: The boys helped me pick hops this afternoon, which we will dry for tea. Usually, we pick them for brewing beer, but I’m told a few blossoms steeped in hot water...
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Homebodies
Autumn is settling in, and we’ve put the feather comforters and extra quilts on the beds. My ankle hasn’t healed enough to drive yet, so we spend our week keeping busy at home. Any moment it isn’t...
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October bounty
A few images from the past week: Picking highbush cranberries (Viburnum trilobum) back by the chicken coop. There are many nurseries that stock this species (or group of species), but unless you...
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Fall Chop n Drop
Saying goodbye to the abundant tomato crop: This year has been the best and longest tomato growing season since we started gardening in this location five years ago. George and I spent yesterday...
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Little Mitts, Little Hands
Strep throat and a chest cold swept through the family this week, so we have done little else besides snuggle and attempt to get well. New “Triple Crown” thornless blackberries are waiting to be...
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