“In professional settings,” writes Claire Saffitz of the New York Times this week, “machines called slab rollers in temperature-controlled rooms laminate the dough quickly and effectively, producing light, flaky, uniform croissants. Home bakers, however, must complete these tasks by hand, making it harder, slower and much more variable.”* The article makes me snort. I guess […]
Dog Commands
Journey sheds even through her turds. Her droppings throughout the yard are packed with bleached golden retriever blond hairs. The day to clean them off the lawn is carefully chosen – enough spring sun to convince us the task is pleasant; warm enough so they can be pulled away from the sod; cold enough that […]
31: The Sweet Spot
It’s two bushels of tomatoes this year. And two bushels of green beans. And two bushels of peppers, when they’re ready. I’ve doubled-down on the canning and freezing. We have more mouths to feed here at home, and we’re not planning on going out in public much once it gets cold. Doubling down […]
The Choice
My house is a wreck, my email box is flooded, my to-do list is out of control, my feet are tired….It must be August…And You’re listening to Episode 30 of The Hearth of Sap Bush Hollow: The Choice. “Have we become prisoners of the life we dreaded? Or have we chosen this?” Bob doesn’t have […]
House for rent @ Sap Bush Hollow
As some of you are aware, this past fall our herd manager, Kate, gave birth to her first child. She and her husband are now buying a place of their own and leaving us! This also means the house they lived on adjoining Sap Bush Hollow is now coming available for rent. Available […]
Lessons from the Not-So-Happy Homemakers
I received a letter from a reader, Landon, last week that’s prompting this week’s post: He writes: I read your blog post about Coronavirus and saw how every choice you made focused on your community, and then saw how every tier of your Patreon included some kind of giving to the community. Why do you […]
How I Ruined Christmas
This story originally ran in 2015, but I’ve had some requests to re-run it in time for the holidays….So enjoy! My face may be unfamiliar; but you know my type. You’ve seen me at the farmers’ market — the woman with crows’ feet and calloused hands, wearing hand-me-down sweaters, thrift store jeans, and barn boots. […]
Managing Expectations
The scrambles can all go together in one pan. The sunny sides need to cook separately. I have enough space on the cooktop to manage three orders of home fries; sausage and pancakes on the griddle. That leaves one order of over-medium, two over-easies, the oatmeal, and three more orders of home fries plus the […]
Do What You Want.
Shannon Hayes, 40, doesn’t do anything she doesn’t want to do. I’m going through a box of newspaper clippings when I find this. It’s the opening line to a story about the health benefits of simple living in the Nov 5, 2014 edition of US News & World Report. I’m wondering if they fact-checked that […]
Gift or Affliction?
Sometimes I think it’s an affliction — This inability to listen to bullfrogs, watch fireflies, discern the call of a Sapsucker from a Pileated, to listen to my mother tell a story, to share my dad’s worries, to watch my children play, to ponder the world with Bob— Without trying to fit the pieces together […]
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