Author: Calamity Jane
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Self Irrigating Planters Made Easy!
Growing food in containers can be useful for so many situations– it’s quick to set up and can utilize very small outdoor spaces. Since it requires no commitment to a piece of ground, it’s renter friendly. Because growing in containers is so approachable, it’s where many people start gardening. Unfortunately, although the setup is undeniably quick…
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Flaky Whole Wheat Pie Crust
For years I persisted with mealy pie crust, righteously using all whole wheat pastry flour and vegetable oil in my vegan days. Even after my switch to butter, I didn’t respect cooking technique– my inner-renegade took years to be convinced that what you do to your ingredients matters, and that sometimes recipe writers do know…
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Austerity Fast
November is more than half over. What do I have to show for it? I have been putting some time and focus into my Quiet Riot’s food month, but predictably not as much as I’d hoped. Like many of you, my time is very limited and I seem to put any spare change I have…
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Calamity in the Kitchen
My life has had many chapters, in which I waxed poetic about many a deep subject. But two particular subjects have always been closest to my heart, and I have woven their threads throughout every chapter: Food, and relatedly, plants. Start to finish, dirt to plate, food is my favorite subject and I can blather…
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Screentime Again, Again
A friend sent the link to this excellent post, Why I Don’t Worry About my Kids’ Screen Time, on my own personal new favorite screentimesink, Camp Creek Blog. I’m not going to attempt to paraphrase. Except here’s a brilliant little quote, “Childhood: You’re doing it wrong.” (Whosoever gets the reference in the title of this…
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