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
Maple Syrup Time – Stage 2, Sap into Syrup for Beginners & Small Scale Tapping
During this first year, I’ve learned most maple syrup folks decide to boil down their sap outdoors, or in dedicated sugar houses/huts. This should be done at the outset – the humidity released is not really good at these levels … Continue reading
Maple Syrup Time – Stage 1, Collecting Sap
Yes, the sap is running! (And yes, for some of you in lower latitudes and elevations, the sap has finished running this year.) This is a first-year experience for me – I did try on one tree last year but … Continue reading
Homesteading: Chickens and Quail, Updates and Coop Life
Life is moving along with regards to both the chicken and the quail. Most of this post is about cooping them, along with adorable poultry photos…. Chickens: The main (first) coop now has five hens and one rooster. The rooster … Continue reading
Homesteading: Evaluating This Year’s Veggie Successes and Failures; Planning for Next Year
Raised Beds: Potatoes: A marked success. We will use more Yukon seed potatoes next year. I can purchase in a local store, although perhaps I will have some seed potatoes from this year? Cucumbers: They grew well here, but I … Continue reading
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
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
Sea Vegetable
Spring Homesteading Plans, 2021
We had six inches of snow by late morning, Friday 4/16. Most melted by Saturday; it was all gone by Sunday morning. It is the time of year that if and when it does snow, it melts readily, at least … Continue reading →