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: Zone 5
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
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
New Raised Beds, Events in the Herb Garden – Homesteading!
I’ve finally got the fire lit under me (in a good way) and I’m focusing on moving the last of my stuff from CT to MA (two hours each direction). This involves two 10-foot long U-Haul bed trucks, coordinating … Continue reading
Be Fruit-Full: Maintaining Blueberry Grove
A Note You can follow moments of my homesteading “journey” if you click the “Journal 2019” tab at the top of this page. Even if you’ve subscribed here, my updating that page isn’t going to send you automatic e-mail updates. … Continue reading
Citrus and Fig Update – plus Protect Your Deck from Grill Ash
In the tropical, keep ’em winterized indoors department, I got a new grapefruit sapling, and three baby fig “trees” that are less than sapling in size. I live in Zone 5b, so these definitely need at the very least, a … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
Of Goats and Greens 
Homesteading: Farm and Garden, May 2022. Zone 5.
Yesterday the temperature outside climbed to 88 F, and rather humid. The sort of weather that reinforces my decision not to follow my brother and his family down to the Tampa area of Florida. I know this is nothing to … Continue reading →