I have been looking longingly at weaving looms for a while online but they are so darn expensive. A nice small table loom is easily $1000. Then by chance I found a listing on Craig’s list for a Weaver’s Delight floor loom for $100. I texted the owner and she said she still had it. … Continue reading My Best Craigslist Find Ever
Author: phillipsfarmbatavia
Ohio River Artisans Fair today and tomorrow
This is the only craft show I'm doing this year so please come out this weekend to do some Christmas shopping! I will have flower jellies, pear butters and a few other canned items and natural beauty products. This year I also made some journals to bring. They are 100% made by hand, from gluing … Continue reading Ohio River Artisans Fair today and tomorrow
Beer Bottling and Instapot Beef Stew
I checked the potential alcohol on our beer today and found it to be at 1%. To find the alcohol by volume you subtract your final reading from your initial so ours is at 5% ABV. Witbier should fall between 4.5 and 5.5% so it's ready to bottle! First I needed to skim off some … Continue reading Beer Bottling and Instapot Beef Stew
Instapot Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Walking through Kroger today, I spied a whole wall of Instapot accessories. I've never seen cake pans for the Instapot before. I quickly looked up some recipes and decided I had to have the tiny bundt pan. The first recipe I decided to try was this Pumpkin Bundt Cake. I adapted the recipe some with … Continue reading Instapot Pumpkin Bundt Cake
A Birthday Brew
Oliver is always curious about what I'm brewing up in the kitchen. This has been a big wine making year for me. I've made nearly a dozen different types. He was dying to try out the process for himself, which then led to a lot of questions about how beer is made and if the … Continue reading A Birthday Brew
Sourdough Pancakes
I awoke this morning to a happy sourdough starter overflowing its jar. Look how bubbly and active it is! It inspired me to look for a breakfast recipe to use it in. Many of the breakfast recipes I found required prep the night before but then I found Quick Sourdough Pancakes on food.com. They were … Continue reading Sourdough Pancakes
Sourdough Skillet
I've been playing around with all kinds of sourdough recipes since my starter needs to be fed every day or two. If you know me at all, you know I hate to let food go to waste. There's only so much sourdough we can eat though so I've been seeking more creative ways to use … Continue reading Sourdough Skillet
Ducks Training
Some of you may remember my mention of how our adopted rooster wasn't having any luck with the chickens so he had turned his eye to the ducks. In this video you can see the ducks wanting to walk away from me but also hesitant to keep going because Gorgeous George is down on the … Continue reading Ducks Training
Bug watching
Is it just me or has this been an especially bug filled summer? Maybe I've just been more aware of them. Josh and I were sitting on the front porch the other day when we noticed a swarm of large black bugs flying low over the grass. I managed to get up close and snap … Continue reading Bug watching
Apple Hoarding
There's an apple tree in the park by our house in Michigan that I always begin to check on each spring. It gets to be covered in lush white flowers in early June. I patiently visit each summer trip to check on the tree's progress as these flowers turn to small fruits then slowly get … Continue reading Apple Hoarding
