Walnut Spinney

Striving for self-sufficiency in a modern world, we're a homeschooling family of 3 with a 13yo still crazy about ships of the air and sea, a mad-for-gardening dad who can't keep up with all his seedlings and me, a mom who would love to have more time to indulge in spinning, knitting, weaving, sewing or reading. We're creating our version of the good life in the Shenandoah Valley.

Monday, September 24, 2012

New guinea keets

Only two guinea hens remain from the six guinea keets DS received from a neighbor almost two years ago. Without a guinea cock, all their e...

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Hot sweet chile-garlic sauce - the new ketchup...

I cannot believe I haven't posted this recipe yet. Made this sauce last fall with some of the last hot peppers from the garden and afte...

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A savory bread saver

I went to a homeschool convention earlier this month and stayed at a hotel where I could take advantage of the in-suite mini-kitchen to p...

Monday, June 18, 2012

Cleaning out the freezer. . . again.

I love the way food keeps without developing freezer burn in our manual-defrost freezers. But I'm not too fond of the day, and it alway...

Monday, April 30, 2012

The story of E.B. and her 3, 4, no, 5 chicks

Once upon a time, Echa, a Turken hen with an attitude and the indisputable queen of our laying hens, hatched a chick. Echa and E.B. in ...

Thursday, February 23, 2012

How to make spring come early

It's easy if you know how. Just knit a warm and cozy hat that you really want to wear. In January I found a Cat Bordhi hat pattern wi...

Monday, February 6, 2012

More dehydrated carrots

Two years ago I posted about buying 10 pounds of marked-down organic carrots and how I diced, blanched and dried them. I even dried the pe...

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Running late with the seed orders

We save seeds for many of our vegetables each year but we still end up buying about half of what we plant each year -- mostly in the form of...

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Preserving in a great Christmas present

Yesterday I made marmalade in a maslin pan my mom gave me for Christmas. It wasn't the first time I've used it since December but i...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A yard is enough

Sometimes I buy a yard of a fabric I just can't pass by. It's only a yard and I can find a way to use it up, right? Well, yes, mos...

Monday, January 9, 2012

One lost turkey yields quite a few current and future meals

Trying to clear out the chest freezer before we defrost it later this month and found a turkey. Yes, a 22-lb turkey, in fact. I don't k...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Last year it was felted hearts,

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This year it's stockings -- elvish-styled stockings. I don't know if it was DS's insistence that I read all four of Paolini...

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