Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
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Tag Archives: homesteading
The Quail Have Started to Lay! Plus, How Quail Differ from Chickens
New Homestead Developments! As of this morning, July 21st, I have a total of 4 quail eggs. Produced by my in-house Coturnix! Apparently I have at least two or three females and at least one male. There are seven mature … Continue reading
Incubating Quail or Chicken Eggs
I have decided to try my hand at incubating poultry eggs in my home. Why? Scroll down for a summary of a list of instructions! For the quail, I’d ordered some eggs back at the end of March, because 1) … Continue reading
The Home Planted Vegetable World in My Zone 5 Region – Spring Growing
I am planting, and still planting. This is western Massachusetts, at a higher elevation than central-lower New England, but no where near as cold as long as is northern New Hampshire nor much of inland northern Maine. So some seeds … Continue reading
What’s Growing on the Homestead Today?
The photos here were taken May 8th (other than the 2-day old quail photo). Overnight … rain, then snow (again). But I’m enjoying the thoughts of new life and new growth, both vegetative and avian. (And, personal…) Trees are thinking … Continue reading
Food in Changing Times: Veggie Stock: Part III – Vegan
Contains: Optionally contains nightshades. Is: Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and as a stock is Paleo, Whole30. What you make with it after is up to you. Today’s stock recipe will be based on a Western-style stock, and in this case it … Continue reading
Bugs in Your Flour & Grains? And, a Removable Label Idea
Not going to be-labor this post. If you live where winter is a thing – with degree days below freezing – here’s a handy hint: Collect your flour and rice and meal (including tapioca and arrowroot flours you have for … Continue reading
Thai Soup: Tom Kha Gai (Chicken Coconut Galangal), for Asian Lunar New Year – Whole 30
Contains: Fish sauce, coconut, optional nightshade. Is: Whole 30, Paleo, gluten-free. Prepared for the start of the Asian Lunar Calendar, Year of the Rat. I absolutely LOVE Tom Kha style soups. I’ve finally made one that I’m happy to bring … Continue reading
Massachusetts Winter Conference, Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association (NOFA MASS)
Worchester State University is about an hour and forty minutes from here, and was the host on Saturday to the 2020 Winter Conference of the Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association (NOFA), Massachusetts’ chapter. This is the first year I’ve attended this … Continue reading
Raising Chickens, Part VIII: Is Organic the Way to Go?
I’d hoped to run this essay past Kat Hosinski before posting it. Most of this was written near the end of October. Unfortunately my Compatriot in live homesteading discussions passed away November 1st. I’d seriously like to hear from … Continue reading
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Prepping to Sell or Donate Home Grown Chicken Eggs
(This is the full and complete version of this blog post. It was uploaded as incomplete this past Tuesday by accident.) These are my personal guidelines that I follow for donation or sale of extra chicken eggs from my back … Continue reading →