Category: ginger bug

  • What does the fox say?

    Two days ago I was preparing food in the kitchen.  I heated up some oil in a pan to sear off a pork roast, and had put the roast in the pot (fat side down, of course).  Washing my hands after, I happened to look out our kitchen window that overlooks the backyard and I…

  • One bunny down

    On my days off, I check the rabbits several times a day.  With this weather I check to make sure the water isn’t frozen, that they have food in the feeders, that the babies are running around.  A couple days ago I noticed one of the kits was really lethargic.  I picked it up and…

  • Finally fermented!

    Today I opened my last bottle of second-fermented kombucha.  I flavored it with ripe raspberries and grated ginger.  It is so good!  I’m bummed that it takes so frickin’ long to double ferment, but we do keep our house fairly cool, relying more on layers of clothing than on turning up the thermostat. Look at those…

  • Halloween hoodlums

    How were your Halloween festivities?  We didn’t do anything to mark the occasion.  Well, Ezra had a couple pajama outfits he wore throughout the day, but we did not take him trick-or-treating this year.  Or last year.  Maybe next year we will.  We just figured that he didn’t need the treats and that he was too…

  • Tomato, Tomahto

    A few days ago, we decided to pick a lot of the tomatoes while green, and then clear out those tomato plants.  Here is our haul: You read that right, 82 pounds!  There were a couple red/ripe tomatoes, but the vast majority are green.  It’s getting to feel like fall around here, so I figured if…