Monday, February 8, 2016

Stocking a New Pantry

When it takes $1.00 a pound, plus fragility insurance, to ship hundreds of filled glass preserving jars, I will be purchasing a lot of dehydrated foods to ship in their place.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Gardening in a Marine Climate

Although my seaside cottage lies in the same hardiness zone [8a] as Brussels, Belgium, the subpolar oceanic climate will surely prove a challenge.

Friday, February 5, 2016

A New Beginning ...

From a tiny 1-bedroom farmhouse with creaky stairs and an established herb garden, potager and mini-orchard

to a 4-bedroom ranch-style home with only a matted lawn and no trees in sight.

Join me as I begin again ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Go West Young Man!


Adak is the farthest West you can live in America [and not have top-secret clearance].