Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

31 December 2009

Peace and Quiet for the New Year

I love peace and quiet. I suppose that too much of it would get boring, but I can’t actually think of any set of circumstances in my life ...

18 December 2009

Bounty from the food cooperative

Today I picked up my first produce order from the local food purchasing cooperative . For only $8 we received: 5 onions 3 giant pot...

28 November 2009

A wonderful thing happened to me today!

For my birthday, my awesome husband gave me a $20 gift certificate for the local yarn store. Today I finally had a chance to go in there and...

23 November 2009

Spaghetti Squash Soup

Spaghetti squash is an odd sort of vegetable. This sturdy, almost-impossible-to-cut-open yellow squash cooks up to reveal stringy insides th...

15 November 2009

Pea Soup for Supper

Whole green peas (dehydrated from the garden), about a cup Yellow split peas, about 3/4 of a cup Dehydrated red peppers, a small handfu...

11 November 2009

Climate Change – the small version

Every year, we go through rounds of climate change. Summer is warm, and we need the windows open to get the air circulating through the ho...

08 November 2009

One way to make a difference in the world

This is a guest post written by my sister, who lives in Lithuania and works with the local church there. Shuffling her way through the fro...

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