Violet Syrup and Ginger Beer (works in progress)

Remember all my foraging and brewing adventures? Well… I currently have about a pound and a half of buckwheat sprouting for my next GF beer experiment. Fun! But it doesn’t look like anything special yet, so let’s focus on the other works in progress 🙂 About a week ago, I started a ginger bug. You may…

Foraging Fun!

I have always said that I want as much of my yard to make food as possible. I garden a little more every year, and there are wild blackberries in my woods, but I’ve decided to take it a step further and put the wildflower to good use 🙂 My current home brewing kick has…

I’m now a chicken momma!

I’ll keep this brief, but just wanted to announce to the world that I brought four sweet little chicks home yesterday! First up is Hedy, a Black Australorp. As soon as I picked her up at the feed store, she curled up in my scarf and tried to take a nap. I instantly fell in…

Chickens, mayhaps?

I eat eggs essentially daily. For years, I have wanted chickens. Everyone around here has chickens. The farm supply store has baby chicks for sale. I can’t stop thinking about chickens! I spent a good chunk of today reading about chickens and trying to design the best/cheapest chicken coop possible (I have a lot of…