Reindeer Mix
Reindeer Mix This sweet and salty treat is the perfect flying reindeer fuel, a great snack for white chocolate lovers, and here at Chez Haiku, it’s a holiday favorite. It’s very…
Learning to leave–and love–every leaf
For most years of my adult life, I cleaned up every stray leaf in my yard. Then I learned that’s not such a great idea. Leaves build soil and provide…
What is sheet mulching?
After spending a lot of time and backbreaking work to create new garden beds, I was excited to discover a better but slower method: sheet mulching. With this method, you…
Some favorite things
2022 was the year of cooking more and cooking better. I’m working on learning basic Indian, Ethiopian, and Korean cooking in 2023. All the cooking has made me pay more…
NaNoWriMo: For the win!
I can’t believe it. It wasn’t my first attempt to write a novel in a month, but this time, I did it! I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days as…
Inflation-friendly holidays
Have a gift list to work through? Consider gifts of time or gifts of service for the important people on your list. Make your own personalized gift certificates using Canva (they offer…
Garlic update
The seed garlic arrived. I put it in a cool place with air circulation before planting. It’s big! It’s been a while since I purchased bulb garlic. I’ve been a…
Winner, winner, chili dinner
I have been looking for a replacement for a favorite canned chili that is the victim of inflation and is now almost $6 a can. I like it, but I…
Slow to the party
Early on in the initial Instant Pot craze, we bought one. It sat for a while before we tried it. I remember we made brown rice and were unimpressed. It…
Going with green
Thanks to the weird weather and the challenges of growing tomatoes in our part shade garden, we have many green and partially ripe tomatoes. This happens every year. The plants…
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