Campfire Cooking: Fish in Clay (& Vegetarian Options!)

...it doesn’t matter what kind–so go for the least expensive type. If you are harvesting your own clay, just make sure the ground in that spot you’re digging in isn’t polluted, e.g. the site of an old gas station. If you do dig your own clay, and find that it is not pure enough to hold together well, try adding an egg white to the mix. Once you have your clay and are ready to start cooking, soften up the clay by adding a little water to it and kneadi...

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Saturday Tweets: Cooking in Clay, Cuteness and Pickles

...tD8uvH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 20, 2017 Small Batch Bread and Butter Pickles https://t.co/JekNG6H15g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 What is “cute”? | Garden Rant https://t.co/Y84XRMZET4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 Harvesting Electronic Components https://t.co/cP5r86jl03 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 Check out this podcast with my partner, Claudia West with Margaret Roach https://t.co/UiHBzK9YZe pic.twi...

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We are all gardeners

Pomo woman harvesting seeds, 1924, by Edward Curtis After a break for camping and other things, I’m returning to the series of posts I initiated a couple of weeks ago under the heading, Back to the Garden. While this series is meant to be practical, I have a little more “thoughtstyling” as we say around here before I turn to the hands-on material. Look for new series entries every Thursday. We are all gardeners. What does this mean? It’s a saying...

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Chicken of the Woods 2021

...te that should this mushroom show up on one of your trees you’ll want to hire an arborist as this fungus can cause serious structural problems. On the plus side you’ll have many gourmet meals. To review, eat the young growth, cook well and know the species of tree you’re harvesting from and you should be fine. Chicken of the woods is sort of a gateway to edible mushroom foraging as it’s one of the easiest wild mushrooms to identify. The only probl...

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Saturday Linkages: Modem Sounds, HOAs, and Hand Counting

...#LANHM #ilovetrees — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 2, 2016 New #DIY video, how to install a french drain https://t.co/GhECVKebAj — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) September 9, 2016 Guide to Videos about Fall Crops and Harvesting | Garden Rant https://t.co/T0039laoKi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2016 Finger Counting Vat. pal. lat. 1449, 9th c. pic.twitter.com/oTakGTfcqb — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 10, 2016...

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