An Earth Day Omelet Sure, garlic mustard is an invasive weed, but it is also a nutritious and delicious early green that you can find almost anywhere that you can find grass and other “weeds” growing, and it’s FREE! Our early March “heat streak” in Wisconsin has given many of us locavores unrealistic hopes aboutContinue reading “Food Finding: A Garlic Mustard Spring Omelet”
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Berry Blast: Aronia, Honeyberry, Hardy Kiwi, and Elderberry Plantings
Aronia flowers today Our bees will soon arrive and will they have plenty to pollinate! An early spring jump-started our annual trip to Jung’s Garden Center, and we had pre-ordered 10 aronia plants from Bellbrook Berry Farm in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, so the yard is buzzing with young fruit plants (pun intended). To start with, we plantedContinue reading “Berry Blast: Aronia, Honeyberry, Hardy Kiwi, and Elderberry Plantings”
Spring Onions
It is only March 13th….but we hit the 70s today, and spring fever runs high. We decided to plant100+ Alisa Craig onions for scallions and take our chances. If temperatures dip, we’re ready to cover the bed. And we proactively put up some hardwire clothe to keep the resident songbirds and chickens away from ourContinue reading “Spring Onions”
Spicy Garbanzo Beans
March and the start of April are challenging eating months. The stockpile of root veggies grows smaller, and at this point, more rutabaga, turnips, or cabbage aren’t as appealing as they were even a few weeks ago. The pantry of canned foods gets emptier and emptier…and all of my favorite snacks were eaten first, soContinue reading “Spicy Garbanzo Beans”
February Photo Challenge at the Homestead: Week One
To beat the winter blues, we are participating in the February Instagram Photo-a-Day Challenge. Though we have no iPhone to take the phancy phone photos, we’re photo-taking anyway! Some of the upcoming pictures, like telephone or heart, will be challenging to tackle with the Backyard Market theme in mind. Here’s the schedule: February 1: yourContinue reading “February Photo Challenge at the Homestead: Week One”
I’m addicted to yogurt.
All you need to make your own yogurt. Last week, I ate nearly a quart of yogurt per day. Not just any yogurt. Fresh, creamy, tart, homemade plain yogurt. We had read that adding milk powder to our already yummy culture would make it thicker. We decided to purchase some in bulk to try it.Continue reading “I’m addicted to yogurt.”
10 New Year’s Resolutions
Someone once sent us a cartoon eluding to a gardener’s dreams being bigger…way bigger…than what reality will be. It’s impossible to argue with that! Right around the start of the new year, our minds shift from the holidays to visions of plentiful fruit trees, bumper tomato crops, and perfect transitions from spring crops to fallContinue reading “10 New Year’s Resolutions”
Homemade Granola
We finally made a batch of homemade granola. We’ve talked about wanting to do this for years, but haven’t had all of the ingredients at once until our annual co-op shopping trip occurred last week. Now, we have 21 cups of granola to last us for breakfast for the month. The process was so simple.Continue reading “Homemade Granola”
Co-op Gift Card: Year Three
The whole spread (minus the chicken feed) If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you might remember that one of our most anticipated and useful Christmas presents is a gift card to our absolute favorite place to shop: the Willy Street Co-op. Mr. and Mrs. Claus have bestowed upon us this wonderful giftContinue reading “Co-op Gift Card: Year Three”
What to do with all of those holiday leftovers?
This Christmas, like all others, we ended the evening too full to even consider dessert. Thankfully, we had stuffed ourselves with Christmas cookies all day long anyway, so we had our go at the sweet stuff. The Poquette-Lapp Christmas dinner is what many would consider the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Our menu hasn’t changed much fromContinue reading “What to do with all of those holiday leftovers?”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 