Our Subsistence Pattern

I would prefer that this post was titled "In the Garden" but so far much of the gardens greenery still lies within our little gre...

...and today was another pretty darn good one, as far as foraging goes anyway.

We finished planting our potatoes the other day and hope to have another fine harvest this fall. I have to admit to having an affinity for p...

All work and no play makes Mike and Micki very dull grandparents so we set aside our garden duties and spent the weekend foraging the river ...

We collected a bit of seed off wild asparagus a few weeks ago that we found along a river bank. Each asparagus "berry" contains ...

We started potting our tomatoes and little tomatillos in 4" pots the other day, my wife's an old pro at this, me, I'm very sl...

While most of the garden is still covered in a veil of drab brown a few things have started to put forth new and most welcomed green growth....

My wife and I took the puppy for a long walk along the river awhile back and saw that buttercups were coming up everywhere, so very early, ...