Lacto-Fermented Broccoli Stem Spears

When you start fermenting in your kitchen, suddenly everything has potential. The usual suspects--cabbage and cucumbers--are always fantastic, of course. Thinking outside the box can be very rewarding, however. Every time I start cutting up any veggie, curiosity takes over, and I wonder "Hmm, can I pickle that?" Turns out, in most cases I can.

The Roly Poly: Garden Friend or Foe?

Roly poly, pill bug, wood louse, armadillo bug, cheese log, doodlebug. These tiny armored creatures have a surprising number of nicknames, and are likely one of the most plentiful bugs you've seen in your yard and garden.

Birth of a Food Forest

"A successful community welcomes and rewards

more than one kind of person. Diverse residents support themselves

and enrich one another's lives with different talents."

-Jeremy Smith in Growing a Garden City

Turmeric-Lemon Miracle Soup

Miracle Soup is a pretty big claim, isn't it?

If Dad Approves Chickens, Surely The City Will

Adorable photo taken by my cousin Lindsey;
who also knew Grandma's chickens in our childhood

So my dad called me this afternoon, and in his typical style, launched into a conversation with no preface or warning.

Clean Water, Please! Berkey Giveaway

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Keep an eye out for future giveaways at LittleBigHarvest.com!

Easy No-Knead Dinner Rolls

Messy Braids and Family Bonds + A Little House on the Prairie® Giveaway

Messy Braids, Family Bonding, and a Lifetime of Influence

Eddie's Kraut Pounders and Pestles- Heirlooms in the Making

Winter as a Blank Slate

One of the littles with our mini snow shovel,
digging a path on the sidewalk next to the side garden.
Our property ends at that little sidewalk--yes, there
actually is a garden smooshed up there against the house! :)