Tag Archives: Nettles

Food in Jars Challange 2017- Salt perserving- Salmon with Nettle

In week two of my months long Food in Jars Challenge 2017 – Salt preserving Two lovely cuts of salmon were bought, thawed out and a bowl of salt-sugar at 50-50 in percent and a full cup of dried nettle greens … Continue reading

Posted in Charcuterie, Food in jars | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Colds.. and some of my homestead helpers..

Well, I was going to post a recipe today, then I started a post about how awesome my hubby is in the fact that he got up early and did all my morning chores so I could sleep in, and … Continue reading

Posted in Health, Herbs | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rye Nettle Bread

It would appear that I have been replacing healthy carbs with fruit in my diet, and so I was asked to work a little harder to bring back some of carbs, that to me means good fresh homemade bread. This … Continue reading

Posted in Bread | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Rhubarb Nettle Iced Tea Recipe

A spring, its time for so many yummy things, off a bit later to do a walk and check the fiddleheads.. but its going to be a very busy day indeed and I feel the need to put a nice … Continue reading

Posted in gardens, local food | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

Sekanjabin Farmgal version #3

I have written about this amazing drink before and I can’t tell you just how awesome it is when it come on a hot summer day.. I have tried to make it with dried herbs and at least for me, … Continue reading

Posted in wild foods | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Double Dug W Potato Bed

While I have played around with growing Potato’s in towers, in strawbales and even in last years “sacrifice outside winter feeding area” the way we grow most of our potato’s is in our double dug 3 foot wide W planted beds. … Continue reading

Posted in gardening | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments