roast & blend

roast & blend

We have an over-abundance of tomatoes at the moment and it's hard to think of what to do with all of them. A fantastic way to preserve tomatoes is to roast them and then blend them... and then put them into freezing containers or bags and into the freezer.
March 06, 2011
  tomatoes  baking  preserving 
melisa
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Black Turtle Beans

Black Turtle Beans

Four months ago I planted a small handful of beans in an area of about six square meters.

Now they are ready to pick and I have gathered in at least 30 - 40 times what I planted.

This has got to be one of the best and easy to measure returns on effort expended.
March 20, 2011
  beans  black turtle  harvest 
olmec
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Melting Beeswax

Melting Beeswax

I hate to see anything go to waste so with the fire going to heat the bath I remembered the deserted beehive with the exposed comb.

Crushed up and sitting in an iron pot near the fire it slowly melts down. Once I have skimmed off the impurities perhaps I can make a candle...
November 11, 2011
  bees  wax  fire 
olmec
Natural gardening

Natural gardening

Working with nature to produce an edible forest garden. Mixed polyculture plantings including insect attractants, pest confusers, nutrient accumulators, green manure crops and companion plants for a healthy, disease resistant and abundant garden. We also collect and grow our own seed to produce locally adapted vegetables that look and taste great.
Food forest gardens
Eating Meat

Eating Meat

We decided to cook our young rooster since he was eating plenty and not making any eggs.
He was about 6 months old, one of our first set of baby chickens.
Follow my easy steps for killing, plucking, gutting and cooking.
April 06, 2010
  Chooks  meat  butchering 
olmec
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