by Kelli Donley | Sep 11, 2012 | Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
Have you read “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle?” I’ve long considered Barbara Kingsolver one of the best American authors. I adore her work, have written fan letters, stumbled all over myself with inappropriate fan-girl questions the one time we met, and...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 30, 2012 | Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Homestead, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Finny recommends buying a good kitchen scale to see just exactly what you are getting out of your garden vs. the money you put in. Of course this system doesn’t equate time spent tilling, weeding, watering and even praying bees have an orgy in your garden...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 14, 2012 | Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Homestead
From the little summer garden that could: I probably should have thought about what I was going to do with all those squash before planting so many seeds. Anyone have a great squash recipe they’d care to share? Or a way they like to preserve squash? I love...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 28, 2012 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Handmade goods, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
A friend visiting my home this week mentioned the crab apple tree on the side of the house had bent limbs from all the fruit. “What apple tree?” “That one by the mailbox. You know. There are little apples all over the ground?” “Those are...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 26, 2012 | Flora and Fauna
This week my friend Rachele surprised me with a few gems from her garden: Which I later transformed into: Not the most flattering shots, but it was an elegant meal — grilled salmon topped with homemade pesto and roasted Parisian carrots. I have a feeling with my...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 23, 2012 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna
Mine grows tomatoes, squash and tiny, 1/2 inch baby cucumbers. I should have planted less/thinned more. Next year, I’ll put in more raised beds and a few fruit trees. The fruit trees in the neighborhood are full of apples, peaches and apricots. The sidewalks are...
