10.14.2012
Sunday Harvest
Just wanted to share what I harvested today! I sauteed the Swiss Chard with onion and garlic (also from the garden). Patrick cooked up the jalapeno with onion and rice to go in our tofu burritos. We also threw in some homegrown tomatoes. We'll have to have the yellow squash tomorrow!
Longfellow
We happened to buy our house in the Longfellow Neighborhood. We had never heard of Longfellow, our real estate agent certainly didn't mention it although it does show up on google maps. The second weekend we lived in our duplex, there was a walking tour of the neighborhood and we met Leslie, the president of the Longfellow Neighborhood Association. Perfect timing to meet new neighbors and learn about all the activity around our new home.
One thing I love about the LCA sense of community is the generosity of time and goods. Since getting involved with LCA, we have been offered a piece of drywall to patch our wall, traded lemons, spent time learning about neighbor's chickens and gotten rid of landscaping rocks better used in someone else's yard. Right now I'm borrowing Amanda's food dehydrator. We'd never even met Amanda before, but when I asked the LCA group if I could borrow one, she offered!
I recently learned about how easy it is to dehydrate fruits and vegetables at a City Slicker Farms workshop. So of course I wanted to try it at home. We grew these cherry and sungold tomatoes and now we'll be enjoying them all winter! After dehydrating, you can either store them in a jar packed with olive oil or simply put them in a jar or ziplock in the freezer.
Our friends have great neighbors too--neighbors with an apple tree. I dried about a dozen apples including some dusted with cinnamon. They are tart but tasty. These will definitely not last all winter!
One thing I love about the LCA sense of community is the generosity of time and goods. Since getting involved with LCA, we have been offered a piece of drywall to patch our wall, traded lemons, spent time learning about neighbor's chickens and gotten rid of landscaping rocks better used in someone else's yard. Right now I'm borrowing Amanda's food dehydrator. We'd never even met Amanda before, but when I asked the LCA group if I could borrow one, she offered!
I recently learned about how easy it is to dehydrate fruits and vegetables at a City Slicker Farms workshop. So of course I wanted to try it at home. We grew these cherry and sungold tomatoes and now we'll be enjoying them all winter! After dehydrating, you can either store them in a jar packed with olive oil or simply put them in a jar or ziplock in the freezer.
Our friends have great neighbors too--neighbors with an apple tree. I dried about a dozen apples including some dusted with cinnamon. They are tart but tasty. These will definitely not last all winter!
10.08.2012
Our '60s Hutch
Awhile ago we decided we wanted a wooden hutch for our kitchen eating area. Since mom is retired, she had plenty of time to peruse Craigslist for us! She found this great Ethan Allen hutch for us. An older lady used to have an antique store, Lucy's Antiques, and is now getting rid of her surplus furniture so we got a great deal.
Since the solid wood hutch is over 50 years old, there are a few panels that have started to pull apart. But we can fix that! You know we love the Oakland Tool Lending Library, so we borrowed some clamps and got to work. Here is the first round of glue.
Since the solid wood hutch is over 50 years old, there are a few panels that have started to pull apart. But we can fix that! You know we love the Oakland Tool Lending Library, so we borrowed some clamps and got to work. Here is the first round of glue.
Kitchen Second Round
Patrick and I finally finished painting the kitchen over the weekend. The pictures don't really show the colors best, so you'll have to come visit! But the walls are called Moonlight. I think it goes perfectly with our Lemon Shine and Cayman Blue panels.
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