Category: Food and Drink

Chive Blossom Vinegar

We have a ton of chives and they are especially beautiful this year. We moved them from the main garden to the greenhouse bed to free up some garden space and move the herbs closer to the house. My mother sent me a recipe for Chive Blossom Vinegar and last fall we had a few

Food Preservation

We aren’t homesteaders by any measure – but we have an avid interest in learning about the past and more importantly not letting things we put effort into go to waste. While our garden was less than spectacular this year – we have quite a few thing’s that we want to keep. We both remember

Brewing!

We started brewing (Yep – another thing we can try to squeeze into our busy schedules). While we really enjoy the vast array of local wineries in the Willamette Valley, we both tend to prefer sweeter white wines and less hoppy beer/cider. I like Ales and don’t mind drier wines, but still, not the super