I really like our homemade kombucha. I like everything about it: The giant crocks visibly fermenting in the kitchen, the routine of bottling and refreshing the tea weekly/bi-weekly, drinking a cold one every night and feeling that good bacteria work its magic, and my favorite part of all, experimenting with different flavors for the second…
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In the Garden: Spring 2019 Recap
Hello and welcome! Today’s post is a little different than my usual thing. The videos I make and everything else I put out on my blog and social media are first and foremost a creative outlet for me and a way to document parts of our lives, so in the future I’ll be expanding the…
The Natural Dye MAL
Last year I had so much fun hosting the Natural Dye KAL that I’ve decided to do it again. This year, however, I’m changing the name from KAL (knitalong) to MAL (makealong) to be more welcoming to crocheters and weavers, and I’ll be extending the MAL from three months to a whole year, from the…
Continuous Brew Kombucha
I’ve been making kombucha at home for a long time, but it wasn’t until we switched from the batch method to continuous brew a couple years back that I began to incorporate the practice of brewing, fermenting, bottling, experimenting with flavors, and – of course – drinking it daily into my routine. Kombucha can be…
They Grow Up So Fast
It’s true. Children really do grow up in the blink of an eye. In the morning of March 28th, 2019, we welcomed Meri to our family. She has been a great joy to all of us, and is gracing us with baby coos and social smiles aplenty. She’ll be six weeks old this Thursday, and…
Chewy Ginger-Molasses Cookies
When I first stumbled across the recipe for these delicious chewy ginger cookies, I had no idea they would become my favorite Christmas cookie of all time. At the time, I was working as the blog editor for a stationery and paper goods company in Portland, and I was looking for a recipe idea that…