Random Covid Thoughts

March 24, 2020

...e hope for a better world. The music is breathtaking. Speaking of a better world, the DSA-LA has a Zoom meeting this Saturday I’m noticing that this “urban homestead” lifestyle thing sure is handy right now. Wish I had some citrus growing but I’m grateful for the eggs and avocados. Lastly, I used a sprayer to paint Kelly’s shed interior yesterday. I didn’t pull up the hood on my painting jumpsuit all the way. When I came into the house and looked...

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Browned Butter Peanut Butter Cookies

Mr. Homegrown

November 9, 2020

Food, Recipes

9 Comments

...butter is browned and not burnt. 3. Mix the sugars, salt, vanilla extract, eggs and peanut butter in a bowl. Allow the browned butter to cool for a few minutes and add to the mix. 4. Mix in the flour. Do not over mix or you’ll develop the gluten and end up with a disagreeably chewy cookie. 5. Form the dough into balls, spread them out on a baking sheet and compress with a fork. Sprinkle some sugar and sea salt on top of the cookies. 6. Here’s the...

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Olive Harvest 2021

Mr. Homegrown

September 9, 2021

Fermentation, Food, Fruit Trees, Gardening

17 Comments

...a late season application of kaolin clay when the fruit flies begin to lay eggs in the fruit. They also recommend replacing the bait every two weeks from April to November. This all takes careful observation–I only see the flies in the trap and the damage to the fruit is a bunch of very tiny holes that are hard to see at first. As the larvae develop the damage becomes obvious. Harvesting and processing olives is one of the more labor intensive gar...

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Favorite Plants- New Zealand Spinach

Homegrown Neighbor

October 13, 2009

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

15 Comments

...on the patio so it will be close at hand to add to your morning scrambled eggs along with dill and cheese.” I have so much in my garden right now that I may do a big harvest and blanch, chop and freeze it for later use. I make a lot of green lasagnas with massive quantities of NZ spinach. I saute it with onions and garlic and put thick layers of spinach sandwiched between noodles and cheese. When life gives you greens, you can’t go wrong. I have...

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Book Review: An Everlasting Meal

Mrs. Homegrown

March 8, 2013

Food, Reviews

6 Comments

...couldn’t find anything terrible after a couple of minutes of flipping the pages. So either I am overly fussy, or (and this is what I suspect) the effect of the prose is cumulative. It’s not annoying in small doses, but when you’re reading chapter after chapter… It’s like adding too much salt to soup. By her own advice, an over-salted soup can be repaired by dropping in a plain potato. A few prosy potatoes would have helped this book, too. Oh, but...

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