By Elizabeth Enslin on December 25, 2009
I used to be the Christmas tree enthusiast in the family. I’d drive around Seattle for hours looking for the perfect tree, set it up, decorate it….
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Posted in Recent, Sustainable Gardening, Wild Plants | Tagged holidays, nature, Sustainable Gardening, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 3, 2009
On Thanksgiving, we couldn’t bear to slice and roast this huge homegrown potato face. Nor could we boil and mash it….
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Posted in Humor, Recent, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening | Tagged food, holidays, photography, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 18, 2009
I love how persimmons hang on the tree after the leaves have fallen.
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Posted in Images, Recent, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening | Tagged beauty, persimmons, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 10, 2009
Growing food this summer in northeast Oregon, I relied on all that I’ve learned over the years from books, conversations, observations, and personal experience. But I probably heard Ama’s voice more than any other….
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Publication, Recent, Sustainable Food, World Travel | Tagged creative nonfiction, inspiration, stories, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 31, 2009
One of the things I loved best about teaching high school social studies was shaking up students’ perceptions of history. And one of my favorite lessons was in Ancient History. I’d bring in a a jar of beans and a potato with so many sprouts it looked like an octopus (the fact that I always found one in my cupboard could have doubled as a cautionary lesson in the domestic arts)….
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Posted in Politics and History, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening, Yurt Living | Tagged ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, Homesteading, patience, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 24, 2009
Like many who follow environmental and sustainable agriculture news, I woke this morning to tweets and retweets of a Michael Pollan quote: “A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius!”
I’m not vegan or vegetarian and suspect the statement glosses over vast differences in the way meat
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Posted in Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening | Tagged climate change, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 5, 2009
The cool, clear nights that make autumn so beautiful here in the Blue Mountains also bring frosts that kill tender vegetables. With the harvest spilling over boxes and racks around our tiny yurt, it’s a good time to reflect on what I learned this summer….
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Posted in Humor, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening | Tagged food, photography, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on September 15, 2009
My mom made sauerkraut when I was a kid, and it was good. But during the years I lived in Nepal, I discovered a fermented world that went beyond cabbage….
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Posted in Homesteading, Sustainable Food | Tagged food, pickles, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 29, 2009
A photography of the first melon to ripen in our garden this summer.
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Posted in Sustainable Gardening | Tagged food, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 18, 2009
I finally finished the website for Ajamvari Farm, a family run permaculture project in Nepal that hosts volunteers. I helped develop the farm fifteen-some years ago while living in Nepal and discovered a passion for growing food that still runs strong today.
The website provides information on opportunities for homestays and volunteering at the farm as
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening, Travel, wordpress, World Travel | Tagged blogging, cultural anthropology, inspiration, Sustainable Gardening, web design
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