Lotus & Minnie: Berry Spoiled Goats!

Lotus & Minnie: Berry Spoiled Goats!

This, believe it or not, is our 300th blog post, so we thought we’d celebrate with Lotus and Minnie, and their favorite treat. We have a few different varieties of berries that grow wild on the property, much to the delight of the goats. California native...
Grilled Baba Ghannouj

Grilled Baba Ghannouj

This is where I come clean. I am NOT a fan of eggplant. I’m not. Honestly. I never have been.  For me, more often than not, eggplant was always overcooked, mushy, and watery, and left little to be desired on either the flavor, or the texture front. Until...
Beeswax: Solar Wax Melter

Beeswax: Solar Wax Melter

One of the byproducts of harvesting honey is beeswax.  A couple of weeks ago we took the last of our honey for the season from our hives. Although most of the frames will be reused for another year, a couple of frames were damaged during the extraction, and we also...
Whole Wheat Pita Bread

Whole Wheat Pita Bread

Pita is a Middle Eastern flat bread that is not only easy to make, but also versatile. Truly fresh pita though can be difficult to find, as pita bread is never as good as when it first comes fresh from the oven. Most pita bread sold in local markets, unless it is...