by Esther Henry
This Easter season, we roasted up a whole leg of lamb, and foraged dead nettles growing everywhere in our flower beds next to the house, as a side dish. They pair well with lamb and mint sauce. Dead nettles are in the mint family, although they taste nothing like mint: they are fairly bland, with... Continue Reading →
To view the how-to video, click here to go to my channel! https://rumble.com/vb9q59-foraging-and-processing-wild-honey-mushrooms.html?mref=6lled&mc=29ypj Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Log in Exploring along our creek bed the other day, I came upon this beautiful cluster of "honey" mushrooms (armillaria sp.) and harvested a full 5-gal bucket of them!... Continue Reading →
Recent experience has us second guessing this whole solar thing. Granted, turning off all the lights whenever leaving a room, not letting the water run when brushing your teeth or doing dishes, buying manual kitchen gadgets instead of electric ones, etc. is part of lowering one's footprint and helps toward living green... but when it... Continue Reading →
We have moved many, many times in our 30 years of marriage. We've made several international moves, cross-country moves, across-town moves, you name it. There's something exciting about getting a fresh start...and something daunting in the process. Well, we're at it again! In every place we've moved, we've had new experiences and learned from each... Continue Reading →
There is a woman whom I recently met online. We have many mutual friends, mutual backgrounds, mutual "stomping grounds," etc. In other words, we have huge commonalities. We hit it off right away and became fast friends. We've spoken on the phone, kept in touch daily via social media in our mutual group memberships and... Continue Reading →
As stated in the first part of "Going Green" we are still in the process of debt elimination. That's a slow work in progress. What I'm going to write about in Part 2, you may balk at the investment I'm going to talk about, but believe me, it's worth it in the end. And it's... Continue Reading →
It's been a dream in the making for several years, this "going green" thing. Not because of the "global warming" hype you hear in the media. Not because of the tree-hugging advocates and lobbyists. It simply boiled down to our need to live a much simpler lifestyle, reduce our daily stress and save money in... Continue Reading →
Simple Home and Hearth 