The winter garden is fading fast. The onions, once growing in neat rows, must be hunted for among the ragweed and evening primrose. The lettuce has become tall spires of bright yellow flowers, and the Brussels sprouts have been harvested all the way up the stalks. The cabbages this year have begun to split open…
Tag: lacto-fermentation
Roselle Soda
The garden is behind. With Ethan out of town it has been hard to get things going when i had wanted to, but I’m not too worried. Those fall greens grow so quickly, and the roselle is in its fall glory, laden with deep red pods waiting to be picked. This, I know from experience,…
Aunt Esther’s Yellow Squash Relish (A Lacto-Fermented Version)
Every season I make a bunch of old-fashioned brined pickles to keep us through the in-between seasons. Late summer and late spring are times when the old garden is dying and the new garden is not yet ready for harvest. I prefer this form of food preservation over heat canning, because it preserves the nutrition…
Wild-harvested Stuffed Grape Leaves
I’ve always wanted to try making my own brined, pickled grape leaves. Not only are the ones in the store shockingly expensive, they are not organic and have weird preservatives. I always loved stuffed grape leaves, but I haven’t made them in years. This spring the wild grape leaves in the forest looked so green…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 