http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bogBLOG RSSSat, 05 Sep 2020 01:47:59 GMTSat, 05 Sep 2020 01:47:59 GMThttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/roasting-hardneck-garlicImagine that you are super excited because you scored some specialty garlic from the farm market. You get it home and are getting everything ready to make the tastiest roasted garlic for that special parm recipe you've been dying to cook. After seeing a perfect hack for roasting a whole garlic bulb on the interwebs, you’re ready to go for it. Hardneck garlic is gently resting on the cutting board, horrendously huge knife in hand, you go in for cutting the entire top off like in the video clipSun, 24 Jan 2021 22:55:28http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/roasting-hardneck-garlichttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/creamy-roast-garlic-and-spring-onion-soupCreamy Roasted Garlic and Spring Onion SoupThis recipe was created a few years ago while cooking with my dear friend, Koreen, from the Lazy Vegetarian Facebook Group ( check it out at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/603840347138215/ ). I LOVE this soup. It's soo creamy and garlic-y delicious that I get requests to make it all the time. Which I do as often as possible because it serves as a secret ingredient to a gourmet weeknight meal (recipe can be doubled). Trust me on the addition of bothSun, 24 Jan 2021 21:57:47http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/creamy-roast-garlic-and-spring-onion-souphttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/getting yourgarlicinthegroundDid you know that growing your own garlic is easy?! All you need to grow this magical veggie is a small patch of dirt and some mulch. But there is a special secret to growing super tasty, plump garlic bulbs. And I'm going to share it with you right this very instant - You plant garlic in the FALL! Garlic can be planted into late fall and early winter as long as the ground can be worked. It's the same time frame as planting fall flower bulbs, such as tulips and snow drops. Planting time in SESun, 24 Jan 2021 22:55:49http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/getting yourgarlicinthegroundhttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/6-top-tips-for-a-tip-top-blogWe're starting to get those first chilly days that signal harvest time will be here before I'm ready for it again.  There's not a long, easy harvest season here in Michigan.  It comes when it damn well decides it's going to, without enough warning, and it can be a race.  It can be soggy.  It can be freezing.  It can be a few blissful busy weeks with crunchy leaves under my feet, or one mad week before your chipping tubers out of the ground and fighting frost damage.But... It also means theSun, 24 Jan 2021 23:49:08http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/6-top-tips-for-a-tip-top-bloghttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/you-remember-momma-don-t-youLook at all the babies!Yup, Momma got her cutting.  Don't worry, she's still gloriously enormous and healthy.  Big spiny hugs all around for this Momma Aloe!Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:49:14http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/you-remember-momma-don-t-youhttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/welcome-to-our-blog-but-what-is-itThe flowers are gladiolus and that amazing heart-shaped leaf, she's my moonflower vine. Moon flowers are a member of the Morning Glory family. They can be identified by their vining nature, wide heart-shaped leaves, and night flowering blossoms in late summer. Less invasive than their morning flowering cousins. The blossoms have heavenly scent, each one only opening for one night. Moon flowers are associated with loveSat, 05 Sep 2020 02:13:33http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/welcome-to-our-blog-but-what-is-ithttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/why-your-titles-should-be-no-longer-than-thisIt's garlic harvesting season at the homestead. This is a local, heirloom purple hard neck variety purchased a few years ago. Zone 5b. We planted about 500 bulbs last fall (2019). We'll replant close to half of the harvest which should be about a 1000 bulbs for this fall. Now to get the rest of it cleaned up and pretty for storage.Sat, 05 Sep 2020 02:11:00http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/why-your-titles-should-be-no-longer-than-thishttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/awww-willow-kittyThe ever present familiar at my heels, quiet little Willow found herself a wonderful home here after she and her siblings were dumped in a box near the homestead by some horrible human.  Rodent exterminator extraordinaire, silent assassin, and the softest cuddle buddy ever.  She chose me and I'd be lost without her.  *Gets on soapbox. Que Sarah McLaughlin Music*  Adopt. Don't shop.  Rescue. Foster.  Donate.  Our shelters and rescues work on very limited budgets and many are community volunteerSat, 05 Sep 2020 02:41:50http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/awww-willow-kittyhttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-blog.-of-course-wed-say-thatI would like to introduce you to my aloe vera plant. We call her "Mother Aloe". She is scheduled for a division leaf harvest. This plant has propagated many generations and is around 10 yrs old. It grows in its container outside in warm weather and comes inside, under a small grow light, before 1st frost. This growing process creates many baby plant divisions. I use aloe vera for my skin and hair products, all natural made right here.Sat, 05 Sep 2020 02:16:06http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-blog.-of-course-wed-say-thathttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/roasted-chickpea-veggie-medley-with-thyme-and-turmericThis quick recipe is perfect for easy week night meals and can be doubled for meal preps. Goes well with a bowl of cooked grains, in a sandwich wrap, or on a bed of mixed greens.The acting herbs are thyme and turmeric. Flavor profile and energetics are; warming, aromatic, and drying. This recipe is perfect for cold, damp weather when chest congestion and phlegm producing cough are present. Herbal Bonus: antioxidant, immunity boost, thinning and drying mucus, moving excess moisture throughSun, 24 Jan 2021 23:49:16http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/roasted-chickpea-veggie-medley-with-thyme-and-turmerichttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/vermiposting-diy-worm-farm-binIt's a worm utopia, warm and cozy with more munchies they could dream of in their wildest squiggly dreams.  (Do worms dream? Ah, that's a musing for another day.)  Composting with worms is the proverbial win-win situation. It provides a convenient way to dispose of organic waste, such as vegetable peelings. It's good for the environment as it saves space in landfills.    Homegrown compost is wonderful for your plants.If you have about half an hour and a power drill, then you can make your ownFri, 22 Jan 2021 17:37:23http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/vermiposting-diy-worm-farm-binhttp://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/delicious-health-with-kitchen-herbsKitchen herbalism is simply a practice of consciously choosing and adding specific culinary herbs to your food for improve health, promote healing and increase nutritional value.Kitchen herbalism has been practiced for countless generations in every culture. Passed on through family recipes, integrated until they became cultural food standards. Chicken soup has such a reputation of health and healing that it has become a pop-culture icon. Some other classic examples of blending beneficialSun, 24 Jan 2021 23:49:22http://site4679196.stoniefieldcottage.com/the-blog-bog/delicious-health-with-kitchen-herbs