I grew up gardening and cooking - in the city. Over the past few years I've come to realize that my family's way of life was vastly different than most: raising rabbits for meat, putting up the harvest, baking bread every week. I think these are lost arts. This blog is an attempt to document this way and to help others to achieve it in a modern world.
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This weekend I didn't get out into the woods to mushroom hunt because my fall garlic arrived! The weather is quickly changing, and I wanted to get it into the ground before I missed my window of opportunity. Normally, I save my own garlic from year to year, but because I cannot isolation plant in my back yard, and I like garlic variety, every few years I purchase new garlic. This year, I tried garlic from Dirt Goddess Gardens via Amazon. I was not disappointed. I decided
Happy National Seed Swap Day! This morning, I participated in my local seed swap, held at our library, and sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension. There were volunteer Master Gardeners on hand who helped to organize the morning and to give advice on how to start seeds. I brought in almost 20 different types of seeds to share. I have been saving seeds for a long time. When I purchase seeds I always make sure they are open-pollinated varieties. You cannot save the
I'm helping bring this movie to the Chicagoland Western Burbs on Monday, February 27th, at 7:30pm at Warrenville's Cantera 17 Theater! Pre-order tickets are a must and can be ordered for $11 here. You can also watch the trailer from the same link (its on the right side of the page). I will also be presenting a short introduction before the film! I cannot tell you how excited I am for this movie. Ok, it's true, I'm a documentary junkie, but really, this movie is so important
My Whole Hog is a blog about gardening, cooking, and eating in a sustainable way. I'm not perfect - I will give in to delivery pizza and chips, but on a whole, I've been trying to live and eat a life of making conscious choices about my food. I decided to launch this blog after year of my friends telling me I needed to write a book about my cooking. Maybe I will - eventually - but to start to gather everything seems like a daunting task. I thought I would post as I cook - I
