Right now, I’m struggling to decide on colors for our kitchen. We need to choose wall color, backsplash, wood trim color, range hood color/material, upper cabinet color, lower cabinet color, floor material/color, island cabinet color, wall countertop material and island countertop material. This is … much more than I’ve had to decide on than in the other two kitchens I’ve renovated!
First, let me say that I don’t think there’s a way to 100% childproof a wood stove. That said, here’s how we’ve managed to make ours as safe as possible.
Split pea soup is the best of all worlds: cheap, easy, and tasty. It’s also simple to convert from it’s classic “add ham first” iteration to a vegan or vegetarian version. Here’s how I like to make it …
… for at least a little while, anyway, because it’s forecast to be 50 degrees on Thursday. But, in the meantime, let’s enjoy these photos of our iced-in property I took on Monday, risking pinkies and toes in the 2 degree weather (-10 degrees in the whistling wind).
As you may recall, I’ve been cutting down on eating meat (red meat in particular) as an easy way to decrease my carbon footprint (according to some sources, getting rid of meat in your diet is the most impactful way to help the environment as an individual). Meats are the biggest offenders (along with dairy products), but there are plenty of other foods that are environmentally harmful yet have simple substitutes or ways to decrease your carbon footprint!
Unfortunately we’ve been dealing with some roof leaks. Fortunately, we took the opportunity to fix a couple of those issues with beautiful copper standing seam roofing!
After Foxpocolypse 2018, when a fox with mange killed five of our chickens, we decided we’d need to add some new chickens to the flock come spring …
Now that I’m making an effort to eat less meat, I’ve found that Mexican food lends itself extraordinarily well to meatless meals. Plus, there’s nothing better than a 5-minute, easy-to-make, easy-to-pack lunch. Which leads me to veggie nachos …
We got a little lucky with how unseasonably warm this winter has been – I was very late with mulching to repress weeds in our kitchen garden come spring, but now the job is done!
So, yeah, it’s been a strange winter here in New England. No snow where we are, but for a few flurries. It was 60 degrees last week! Maybe this is the new normal, but it seems very bizarre to me. One nice thing is that all the rain we’ve been getting has created a beautiful muted green landscape around our property …