Recipe Box Re-do, originally uploaded by The Farm Chicks. recipe book, originally uploaded by ionracas. From My Grandma’s Recipe Box Zine, originally uploaded by joanieponytail57. As I try to become more efficient at teaching myself to cook, shop locally, use fresh organic produce and cook handmade meals, I am searching for all the tools I…
Dragonfruit V, originally uploaded by espion. An exotic fruit I have found recently in grocery stores. This week, Dan Grifen, writer for Everything Left, is discussing a very important topic near and dear to me – crop biodiversity. I’m a huge proponent of growing only heirloom and open pollinated crops, and while this post isn’t…
I never quite understood marmalade. It was one of those things the early pioneers must have made: fresh fruit was precious, the vitamins scarce, and therefore even the seemingly inedible peel had to be used in any way possible. So they’d chop it up, boil it down into a thick goop, and eat it on…
This year, to help save money for next year I’m planning on saving as much seed as I can. Seed is relatively cheap, but for as many packets as we go through it adds up quickly. Plus, when you save seed you can slowly develop a variety that will do really well for your region…
Source: www.farmerjane.org Last night, I attended a “Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat“ event presented by Kitchen Table Talks and CUESA at the Ferry Building. It was an interesting open panel discussion about the contributions of women farmers, producers, chefs, and food system activists. The panel consisted of three women: Temra Costa, author…
The Sun Dry your Clothes, originally uploaded by Vidó.. One thing I can do to be more self sufficient is dry my clothes outside, something my Grandmother did. My Mom did that too when I was really young. Then we moved to an area that didn’t allow it. I remember running through the clothes swaying…
I can’t believe it’s June already! I also can’t believe that we’ve only had about 3 days of real sun this season…isn’t it supposed to be summer? In the yard, the chickens have been toying with the idea of going on egg-strike until the sun comes back out, and the garden, while beautifully green, has…
For Full SF Gate Article, click here; State poised to OK supertoxic pesticide by Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, June 2, 2010 “Farmers planting strawberries and other crops in California will soon have to contend with cancer-causing poison instead of bugs, worms and fungus if regulators get their wish. The California Department of Pesticide…
This is a re-post from an entry I did back in April 2009. Since I made beer and cider two weeks ago and posted about how to make beer, I figured I’d re-post the cider recipe too for those that are curious. This current batch is a Cherry-Raspberry cider. I’m really looking forward to trying it. This…
Have you ever grown Swiss Chard, Spinach or Beets and found their leaves looking like this? When I first saw this happen to my Swiss Chard I had no idea what it was. It completely wiped out my entire crop. I did some research and learned that it was caused by leaf miners. Leaf miners…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
