Category Archives: vegetables

A Big Ham Bone is Surely Sweet

Posted on February 11, 2011 by jkmcintyre

My tia Connie made a homemade ham bone & split pea soup last winter. I didn’t think I liked split pea soup. I was wrong. Ever since then, I have been wanting to try making a hambone-based soup. Last week biking by The Swinery in West Seattle, it occured to me to stop and pick up something ‘ham’. That something turned out to be a ham hock.

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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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