Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2009
I am headed to Portland tomorrow afternoon for Organicology, which runs from Thursday through Saturday. Organicology, organized by Oregon Tilth, Organically Grown Company, Organic Seed Alliance, and Food Trade Sustainability Leadership Association, is billed as a high energy networking event for all aspects of the organics trade industry. The schedule is packed with incredible education [...]
Posted in Preserves on Feb 23rd, 2009
It was Matt’s birthday last week and trying to do a mostly homemade gift, I decided on homemade beef jerky, homemade butter, and some locally crafted spirits. The butter didn’t turn out great, but it looks cute in the pig mold from Matt’s mom. You are thinking that I should have come up with something [...]
Posted in Garden on Feb 22nd, 2009
It has been a busy week in the garden. The sun came out for a few days and inspired us to get outside. I am most excited about my Christmas present that Matt finished yesterday - my very own cold frame. It’s a perfect place for our newly started seeds to go before they are [...]
Posted in Desserts on Feb 19th, 2009
I got this recipe from my very dear friend Drake almost 10 years ago when I asked him how he wanted to celebrate his birthday. Not known for being subtle, he replied by handing me an index card with this recipe on it. Since then, I have baked it once or twice a year and [...]
Posted in Garden on Feb 18th, 2009
The sun came out yesterday so I took advantage of the break in weather to plant our peas. Before planting, I checked the soil temperature and was pleasantly surprised to see 50F on the thermometer. When I checked the temperature about a week ago, it was under 45F. Between the soil temperature change and the [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 11th, 2009
Whenever I think that it’s time to take a break from legumes, I see a recipe that I have to try. The most recent one was recently posted by Deb at Smitten Kitchen, who learned about it from Molly at Orangette, who found it in a cookbook. Phew! They each tweaked the recipe a little [...]
Posted in Bread, Weekly bread on Feb 10th, 2009
This is installment number three of the bread project. Despite being on the couch or in bed most of the day with flu-like symptoms, I managed to bake a couple loaves of cornmeal bread. It turned out a little more dense than I expected, most likely because I didn’t let it rise quite long enough [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 9th, 2009
We still have a month before the first day of spring, but this is the best description for something with peas in it. We brought this dish to a community potluck honoring our local farmers and it was gone before we made it through the line (sorry no photo of the final dish). I’ve made [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 6th, 2009
My very easy to please husband objected to soup this week. I can’t imagine why he is sick of soup - we have only eaten soup several times a week for the last three months. Determined to have a bean meal and keep marital harmony, I needed a non-soup recipe. Looking through the Heirloom Beans [...]
After learning about bees in last week’s Master Gardener class, I was inspired to create a home for mason bees. We are considering keeping honey bees as well, but that takes a bit more of a commitment than putting up a little house on an east wall.
Part of the motivation for the bees is our [...]
