suburban survival

Sunday, November 13, 2016

looking forward.......

had my crash yesterday ( i hope) so now i will get my hands in the soil even more...listen to more music....i am exploring a new year with a possible reboot....juicer is ordered.....and i hope to spend more time with friends and family and oh there's the Funny Farm......today i made the Jace Place and liberated some root flare....onward

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

love this.....

heard this on a Mike Malloy bumper on Progressive Voices and had to go in search of it....

Thursday, February 28, 2013

spring is right around the corner

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Trouble by Pink

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Monday, March 26, 2012

tip about berries

thanks Shirley, I will be giving this a try this season.

The key to preventing moldy berries...

Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the market. There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of local raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides.
Well, we can tell you that how to keep them fresh! Here’s a tip I’m sharing on how to prevent them from getting there in the first place:
Wash them with vinegar.

When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider probably work best) and ten parts water. Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around. Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and pop in the fridge. The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit, and voila! Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft. So go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them. You're so "berry" velcome!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Economic of Happiness

I look forward to getting my copy of the movie The Economics of Happiness

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Colbert on gop bread and circus

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Food storage with David and Judith

i had the pleasure of videoing the process of putting food into storage in mylar. this is a fantastic method of storage for seeds, grains, nuts and who knows??? it's great for long term storage!

really useful tips about how to do the process, what supplies (including foods)are needed and where to get stuff. thanks for the invite.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

raw apple cake in production

i produced 6 apple cakes and put them up in individual servings (zips)...over 40 servings. great for a meal on the go, snacks and very nutritious. the recipe is here. this time i used i cup of old fashioned whole grain oats for one of the cups of flour called for in original recipe. also seemed the metal pan took 5-7 minutes longer to cook. there was enough ambient heat from the oven at 325 degrees for 3 hours to not need a fire today. it was 53 degrees out today so that's not such a big deal. i would say the second day i had production down to a fairly leisurely 4-5 hours from start till 3 cakes in the freezer and mostly all cleaned up.