Palm Your Tater: Exfoliating Gloves Clean Root Vegetables
A while back I realized that the cheap scrubbing-mitts I kept in the shower might do for root veggies what they do for my post-garden-work-Hobbit feet: get the dirt off. I bought a pair for kitchen use...
View ArticleThe Essential Apple Peeler Gizmo
This is my apple peeler gadget: I don’t know if this thing has a proper name. It seems like something you’d find in the back of a barn somewhere to crank start machinery that no one uses anymore. And...
View ArticleThe Finnish Potato Masher I Can't Live Without
A fellow personal chef friend of mine who is married to a Finnish man gave me this…uh…suggestive kitchen tool a few years back. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t entirely certain what it was (Scandinavian...
View ArticleReader Questions: February
I can’t let February sneak past without doing a reader question post. This month: fermentation lids, peppers that will ripen in the Northwest, litter for chicken coops and more. We also have Community...
View ArticleFive Things Friday: 6/2/17
I have been in such a great mood this past week. I don’t know if it’s that we had those stretch of bright sunny days and I finally feel like my garden is somewhat back under control, or that school is...
View ArticleBuild A Super Simple Tool Rack From A Pallet
It started when my son, the would-be builder, saw a couple of pallets at our neighbor’s house. They were propped up on the side of the road with a “free” sign stuck on. Have you ever seen a 6-year-old...
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