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…
Fresh Ginger Blood Orange This Monday, we are sharing some excellent tips for summer that are brought to you by Strawberry Hedgehog. I came across this blog, Strawberry Hedgehog: Musings of a Vegan Crafter, a few weeks ago and can’t stop going back to get more recipes, DIY projects and soap! Tracy Perkins, is the…
I used to be a picky eater. On my list of foods that were gross? Tomatoes, mushrooms, mustard, pickles (or anything with dill in it), dark leafy greens (especially mustard greens and kale), stinky cheeses, and any kind of olive. Wouldn’t touch ‘em. Which, as you might imagine, meant there were a LOT of types…
We are honored to have a guest blog from Linda Conroy of Moon Wise Herbs. She teaches classes in Wisconsin on all sorts of self sufficiency topics from how tomake soaps and lotions, to cheese, to brooms. This week she will be discussing our favorite food here at Dog Island Farm. Cheese! ———————————————————— Many of us…
Last weekend Rick and I took a trip up to Tomales Bay to check out some land belonging to a client of his. She informed Rick that while we were in town, we MUST stop at the Tomales Bakery (sorry for the facebook link, but they don’t have a web presence of their own) and…
One of our wedding beers When I first met Tom he was a lager drinker – primarily Heineken. Back then I was regularly making beer. I’m not quite sure why I make beer because I don’t drink it (bad experience in college turned me off of it). Tom quickly changed into a beer snob. Yes, I created a…
I am not generally a breakfast eater. Sure, I’m a morning person, but for some reason the first few hours of my consciousness are not focused on food (unless caffeine is a food, *ahem*). And while studies show that a good breakfast causes us to be more productive, more pleasant, and generally more healthy and…
It’s that time again. The time of year when the CSA starts sending more than just greens, greens, greens…and maybe some citrus. The time when I find myself running out into the garden every couple of hours to see if anything’s grown while I was away…and it actually HAS grown. I feel myself breaking out…
Ever notice how sometimes you’ll learn about something for the first time, and then suddenly it’s EVERYWHERE? You might have never heard of it before, but now your grandma’s bringing it up at the dinner table, there’s a guest speaker about it on NPR, and someone’s posting about it on facebook. All in the same…
Bread: the Staff of Life. Bread is the foundation upon which we build our meals (or at least our sandwiches), but a loaf of bread really oughtn’t resemble a building supply. Unfortunately, that’s how most of the bread I’ve attempted to make has come out: hard, tasteless lumps of brick which were more appropriate for…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
