Recipes: Wild Woman on Feral Acres: Pantry Meals: Bounty from a Dormant Garden
by Esmaa Self We often think of fall as a good time to prepare meals from the garden, but those with a pantry filled with last season’s bounty will recognize the bitter days of a northern hemisphere...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: How to Keep Eggs 4 Months Without Refrigeration
by Esmaa Self Backyard hens are an integral part of our sustainability efforts here at Middleground Farm. I feed ‘the girls’ wild greens, table scraps and essential nutrient-rich gruel; in return they...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Eating in Season? Pick a Pack of Parsnips!
by Esmaa Self Consider the parsnip. Sweet. Nutty. Versatile. From fritters (recipe) to soup (recipe), homemade gnocchi (recipe) to curry (recipe), the mighty parsnip delivers folate, vitamin C, fiber...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: A Well-rounded Flatbread
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View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Thirty Green Living Skills You Can Gain Today
by Esmaa Self We are expanding the farm –and along with that our self-sufficiency*– this spring, thus have been busy away from the computer. Jonell asked me to jot ten things a person could do to begin...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Falling Far From the Tree
by Esmaa Self We have a 35-year-old Jonathan apple tree that produces marvelous, sweet apples. This tree is supposed to be dead by now, for Jonathans have a life expectancy of about 25 years. While...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Can One Eat Soapweed Without Frothing at the Mouth?
by Esmaa Self In a word: yes. Narrow leaf yucca blossoms. Soapweed is a common name for narrow leaf yucca, which is also known as yucca angustissima and moohu, the latter being the Hopi name for this...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Backyard Poultry Skills
by Esmaa Self We’ve had a backyard flock seven years and have sold extra eggs for about four. I have been around and kept my own layer flocks before moving here and working to massage a thriving farm...
View ArticleWild Woman on Feral Acres: Backyard Poultry Skills; from chick to plate in...
by Esmaa Self Insulted by misleading labeling U.S. laws that allow “free range” to mean the chickens had limited outdoor access, while “natural” meat can include a percentage of injected saline, for...
View ArticleWhat is Mindful Eating?
by Jonell Galloway Mindful Eating : Get serious about what you put in your mouth! Mindful Eating means getting serious about what you put in your mouth. Mindful Eating is sensual — in this case visual...
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