I’ve gotten a lot of use out of my cinder block rocket stove. It made dinner, but it also heated the scalding water for all the poultry I...

Just look at it. Isn’t it glorious? This baby will lift the impossible concretions of Carolina red clay, even if it’s pretty dry. It’ll...

And just like that, spring is here. It’s still cold and rainy, but the daffodils and forsythia have bloomed. Also, I can tell it’s spring...

When I wake up around 7:30 on a winter morning, sunlight is filtering in through the glass bottles set high in the east wall of my...

Nearly a year ago when cases of Covid-19 started rising in my area, one of the first things I did was alter my shopping routine. I had...

Don’t you just hate when there’s a long personal story in front of the recipe, and you have to scroll forever to find out how many cloves...

Humans are such mammals, with our voracious internal furnaces. We’re so tropical, moving around even when there’s ten feet of snow. We...

On one of my first dates with my soulmate the Data Fiend, he suggested we get some wine. When I replied, “Can it be beer instead?” we...

Mornings are frosted. Nights are frigid. Snow has not yet flown here in our corner of the Southeast, but even the hardiest cool-season...

Shortages are back. In some places, toilet paper and paper towels are again on the list of the disappeared. Using less is good even if...

Hello readers. That was quite the little blogging break I took there. Like, about four months. Partly the reason has been health issues...

If ever there was a year to learn to save seed, I think this is it. So many people planted coronavirus gardens this spring that many seed...

Several years ago when I moved into my little house heated only by a wood stove, I knew I needed a summer baking option, pronto. Enter...

I used to get excited to look at my dinner or breakfast plate and realize it held more than one ingredient that I had grown. Eggs from my...

Last year in foothills North Carolina, we had a hundred-year flood in June. Then we went three months without any rain at all. Some...

How are resilience and justice connected? In my humble and not-particularly-well-educated opinion, lots of ways. All the ways. A short...

As coronavirus blooms, freaked-out people are planting gardens all over the world and I completely understand why. Having access to good...

Is it just me, or are there a whole bunch of extra dishes lately? They’re rising out of the sink and colonizing my tiny counter in every...

It’s May! The weather is beautiful! Much better than last year, when May tried to pretend it was June. Except it’s going to get down to...

Hello everyone. I have angered the internet with this post, so I am required to fact check myself. I have to let the original stand, and...