Dear chickens, I know our tomatoes are delicious. Or rather, I would know, if you didn’t keep hen-pecking them before they are fully ripe. Gardeners should never count their eggs before they hatch with regards to tomatoes, and I did initially believe the dogs or squirrels were stealing the fruit. I was walking on...
Read more →It is afternoon, a time when summer boredom hits hardest. Lil is whiny and wants nothing to do with any of the ideas I suggest. That is, until I start working on dinner and ask if she would like to make a salad. She runs to her garden and picks what is ripe and...
Read more →Harvest season is almost upon us. Vegetables and fruits which are just now surprising us with their ripe sweetness will soon be piling in from the garden, the CSA, or the farmers market. Make the most of the bounty by putting up stores for the winter. I will lead two basic canning workshops this...
Read more →Today we celebrate the birth of the possum-catching, sausage-making, sign-hanging, eldest member of the homestead, Alex. On Saturday evening we invited family to our house for a feast for Alex and my sister Megan, whose birthday is July 16. They always have the best birthday dinners because there are so many wonderful vegetables in...
Read more →This morning, our neighbor Jan was looking quizzically between her garage and compost bin. We stepped out to hear her terrier Molly squeaking. The source of the tension? A baby opossum was hiding out behind the compost bin. Fortunately, Alex’s Extermination Service came to the rescue. He used a stick and a few yells...
Read more →Summer is running away with my sanity, I think. I still haven’t recovered from waking every day at dawn on the canoe trip, so I’m lacking sleep. There are so many events, activities, plans, and parties that I can barely keep up with myself. In fact, I’m writing this post on OSU campus in...
Read more →Imagine that you just canoed for two days, sleeping the night on cold rocky ground. The lake you paddled across is shimmering and surrounded by great green pines. Your body aches. Hunger nags constantly, your tongue having touched nothing colder than room temperature for days. Then, chef for the evening canoes out to the...
Read more →We are home from an exhausting, challenging, beautiful Canada canoe trip. I am processing nearly one thousand photographs and a multitude of emotions while settling into our everyday routine. The garden greeted us with ripening fruits and vegetables, many of which are featured in this week’s dinners. Monday – Braised goat ribs from Stratford...
Read more →As the Hounds in the Kitchen are actually paddling across a lake in Canada right now, we’ve invited some of our favorite bloggers to come fill the space here. Today’s guest post is from Andrea, a fellow Columbus food lover. Hi guys! My name is Andrea and my little home on the web is...
Read more →As the Hounds in the Kitchen are cooking over a campstove in Canada right now, we’ve invited some of our favorite bloggers to come fill the space here. Today’s guest post is from Kristin Marks, the awesome CbusMom. “We found it!” Cheers and excitement filled the air as we held our first box full...
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