Spindles and Spices

Since I was feeling so clever after amending my neglected compost bin, I decided to tackle the worm bin because it has been hanging aro...

Two Thursdays ago, I was roasting coffee in the backyard. My coffee roasting routine consists of putting the beans onto the rotisserie, and...

The radishes are ready, but not much else. We have pea and bean shoots galore, but no signs of blossoms yet. I told the boy that if we ...

When will the mustache craze end? Since I've been back from the Czech Republic and Belgium, the ho-hum of my daily routine has been ...

Finally, FINALLY, I finished the boy's Hempathy sweater! I started it in May 2010 with some sale yarn from Stash, the now deceased ...

Because I use this blog to keep notes to myself, I have to post this savory soup quickly before I forget the recipe. I cook grandma-style...

Wanting to squeeze every last cent of my impulsive pineapple purchase, I was reminded of this post from the Tipsy Baker . Using this rec...

The pineapple and the puffball: our dinner tonight. Both were impulse buys, and it wasn't until I placed them side by side that I not...

My first produce of the summer: crookneck squash Last weekend, we happened up on an urban farm tour given by the farmer herself, Willow...

Yes, potato pancakes the size of your dinner plate do exist in the magical Czech Republic! If you can stomach the secondhand smoke, somet...