Posted in adventures/field trips, condiments, jams, tagged berry picking, canning, family outing, fruit picking, jam, wild blackberry jam, wild blackberry picking on July 30, 2009| 6 Comments »
This weekend, I took some time to visit family in Southern Indiana. I’ve always gotten a kick out of my aunt and uncle – they’re hilarious, a little kooky and live in a solar house they built themselves in the beautiful woods of Brown County, near Bloomington. They used to buy a couple piglets in the spring and have a big “butcher the pigs” shin-dig around (more…)
Posted in adventures/field trips, condiments, farmers markets, jams, tagged family outing, fruit picking, jam, strawberries, strawberry, strawberry jam, strawberry picking, u-pick farms on July 10, 2009| 1 Comment »
Deep deep in my heart, I think I’m really a farmer. Growing and making things with my hands is so deeply satisfying I can’t quite explain it. I think this is why I have such an appreciation for farmers markets and try to coax my sad little city window boxes to do impossible things with varying degrees of success. Herbs, yes. Tomatoes, not so much.
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