Author Archives: jkmcintyre

Winter Fare

Posted on January 22, 2011 by jkmcintyre


Ah…winter soups…

Everything but the kitchen sink, right? Continue reading →

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Broken For You

Posted on January 2, 2011 by jkmcintyre


Broken for you, by Stephanie Kallos, is a wonderful book I just finished reading.

Broken for you, by Mother Nature, is what happens to the bottles in your bottle wall if you don’t cap them. Continue reading →

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What’s in your closet?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by jkmcintyre

This summer, I found a skeleton in my bedroom closet. It was the skeleton of a squash fruit. My house is tiny. Things are shoved quite firmly in many nooks and crannies (driving my boyfriend batty at times). In the … Continue reading →

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Ollas: Getting to the Root of the Matter

Posted on December 18, 2010 by jkmcintyre


So, last post on ollas this year – promise!

When I dug up the ollas from the bean bed I was able to see that the roots of the bean plants had indeed grown in a solid mat around each olla. That is exactly what I was hoping for. Continue reading →

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