I took a nice long break from posting over the summer. Now I’m ready to pull my whole garden, plant just a few fall crops and take it easy. How are my fellow gardening, sourdough baking, and food preserving friends doing this autumn? ✨

Made it to the very first farmers market of the season and left with an armful of rhubarb, kale, strawberries, and more to get us through the week, plus a savory honey and bee pollen! More pepper and tomato plants (I didn’t need those) but tomatoes are always my favorite to grow! 🌱

I told myself I wouldn’t bring home any baby chicks this year. Well, I didn’t bring any home… but my husband did! We have 4 new Orpington babies! 💕

Impatiently waiting for my (new to me) refurbished grain mill to arrive. I am SO excited to make home milled flour for bread!

Life is giving me a bunch of lemons lately so I made some lemon crinkle cookies 🍋✨

My house ALWAYS smells like fresh baked bread. Sourdough, banana bread, sandwich loaves right from the bread machine.

I’m enrolled in a gardening and food preservation course offered by WSU, that I’ll follow with a beginner beekeeper certification. There is so much knowledge I want to gain before it becomes unavailable. Support your local extension offices!

My double chocolate sourdough bread after baking! ✨ I’m glad I let this bulk ferment for as long as I did, she’s beautiful!

It’s been very cold the last few weeks and I’ve been struggling with my sourdough loaves because of it. Decided to try a double chocolate chip loaf today— please pray for my bulk ferment!

I picked up a new pressure canner this week to (safely) expand our shelf stable pantry as much as possible. If you’ve ever been on the fence about preserving your own food at home, I highly recommend starting now!

It feels like the right time to finally join in over here. I brought some sourdough bread with me! Hello new friends ✨