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Collards: A Southern Tradition from Seed to table
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Tag Archives: fermented food
Homemade Kombucha Experiments
It’s hard to believe, but I have been making homemade kombucha for over a year now. It’s actually pretty easy to make your own, and it only takes a few minutes of active time each week. It also only costs … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Homemade
Tagged butterfly pea flower tea, fermented food, ginger, hibiscus flower tea, kombucha, rooibos tea, tea
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Variety Spotlight: Cayennetta Pepper
This is the latest in a series of posts that I’ve done about my favorite varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs we grow at Happy Acres. To see my other Spotlights, and those from other garden bloggers, visit the Variety Spotlights … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Spotlight
Tagged #AASWinners, AAS, cayenne, cayennetta, fermented food, hot peppers, hot sauce
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Harvest Monday March 6, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The harvests are still pretty sparse here, but certainly welcome ones. I was happy to get a nice cutting of parsley this week from the greenhouse plants. This parsley … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged Aji Angelo, fermented food, garlic, kale, parsley, sourdough, sweet potato
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This and That
I’ve been busy the last couple of days doing inventory on my seed stores and planning my 2016 seed orders. I store most of my seeds in ziploc bags inside plastic boxes, organized into various groups like brassicas, salad greens, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel
Tagged Cats, Diamond Head, fermented food, ginger beer, Hawaii, seeds
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