One of the biggest mistakes I did this year was not keep the pepper tags with the peppers. I have over a dozen varieties planted out there and most of them I have no idea what they are. I’ve looked online and attempted to match them up, but really I’m still not positive on what…
Have you ever watched a movie and had an overwhelming desire to throw something at the screen? I recently had that experience. It wasn’t the first time but I think it was the strongest. The urge to throw a heavy object wasn’t due to the movie being bad, it was because the subject matter made…
Two weeks ago our oven died. The pilot light wouldn’t stay lit and neither would the actual oven if you turned the gas on. I rejoiced. I hated that oven. It was some cheap, never-heard-of brand that came with the house. I had been looking for an excuse to replace it. Of course we weren’t…
This is my new favorite way of eating eggs. It’s rich and salty and flavorful. Can you ask for anything more? 1/4 tsp butter 2 Tbs Cream (I skim the fresh cream off of our goats’ milk)2 eggsSalt and PepperChives 1. Preheat oven to 375 deg F2. With the butter, grease a ramekin3. Put the…
My mom’s vegetable garden Last week we were in Ohio visiting my mom. We got a chance to visit a lot of farms. As an added bonus my mom’s next door neighbors are organic vegetable farmers. While there we learned a lot about growing food even though they have a significantly different climate. We took…
We got some great questions to go over today! The first is from the Metropolitan Homestead:I’d like to ask how you got started with milking goats and how much daily work they really need. Our girls Daisy (front) and Bella (back) We had been thinking for quite awhile about getting goats but at first we…
Mr. James McWilliams recently decided to write an op-ed for the Atlantic that made me simply shake my head. There really was no other reaction to it because it was some of his worst writing to date. And that’s saying a lot for Mr. McWilliams. His argument? That animals were better off being killed in…
Sunset over Summer Crops, originally uploaded by dmoon1. I’ve made it no secret lately that I want to be a farmer. We’ll see where this leads us.
For as long as I could remember I’ve hated tomatoes. Raw tomatoes to be exact. We harvest hundreds of pounds of tomatoes every year and I can’t stand them. I like salsa fresca but it has to be blended almost smooth for me to eat it. If it’s got chunks of tomatoes I avoid them….
The Eat Real Festival is quickly approaching. September 24th and 25th they’ll be taking over Jack London Square in Oakland. If you’ve got some time to spare you should definitely come down and check it out. I’ll be there judging honey (did I mention they have all sorts of food competitions included charcuterie, honey, preserves…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
