by katie | Mar 31, 2012 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
Today, reading and thinking about rural cultures that still have an agricultural base. Where local food is produced by small farms and you can buy and eat seasonal vegetables, fruit and even meat and local dairy products . Where a farmer or rancher can sell a quarter...
by katie | Jan 1, 2012 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
So we made it to the deadline. The building was closed in and warm . We had a table , benches and a sink and even lights. Even though power was only run in with an extension cord.The oil lamps were lit. Plus our ambitious goal to feed the masses from Tuesday through...
by katie | Dec 19, 2011 | Annuals, Baking, Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Pruning, Self sustainability, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
by katie | Nov 1, 2011 | Baking, Cooking
We will be baking every Wednesdays and Fridays through the winter, except the day after Thanksgiving. Bread will be available at Franny’s Cup and Saucer, Point Arena on those days or you all can pre-order from me. This week Wednesday will be: White Sourdough...
by katie | Oct 9, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
This year we decided to host our families Thanksgiving Dinner. It didn’t matter that we did not have a big enough space to sit 25 people, much less a warm space to even get that many people inside.The most we’ve ever squished around our table was 10 and it...
by katie | Sep 15, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
Tomorrow we are going to butcher four Moscovy ducks at our place here. It brought up different reactions in each of us. It was a request of our budding chef, volunteer Katie, who wants to learn as much about Farm to Table as she can. She saw nothing wrong with killing...