I want to love my butter bell, I really do, but it always winds up spoiling the butter (which winds up smelling like blue cheese). I could use a solution, too. Thanks!

Another drink to put in it (if you are so inclined): kombucha. Let the SCOBY live in there, drink from the bottom.

No, I've never made it but would love to -- we can't get clotted cream in Boise. :(

Broccoli! We've been eating it like crazy for three weeks now. How? The magic of row covers. Highly recommended for extending the growing season. Broccoli rabe. Also: tons of gr...

Heck yes! I do this ALL the time. In fact, don't be shy with thinnings. If it tastes good (and isn't tough), eat it.

Fun question! Living in Boise we miss out on many aspects of the city life, but at least can afford a small house with a good garden space. Whatever is ripe is what we have for dinner (plus ...

My sweetie is fairly obsessed with his homebrewed Kombucha, so sometimes he drinks that with dinner. In the summer, it's sun tea for both of us (when it's not beer).

Wow, that's a lot of whey from yogurt. I've been making yogurt weekly for over a year now and I don't get much. Sometimes I'll drain it, sometimes I'll stir it back in. Even if you CAN make rico...

I've been making refrigerator brine cuke pickles for ages. LOVE 'em. You've inspired me to try other veggies, too! We have loads of mustard greens this year. Anybody pickled them?

My sweetie always has a batch brewing and a batch in the fridge. He LOVES it and it very fastidious about keeping the mother, which he calls Gomez, healthy. I'm not a fan, but do br...

The article gets the payoff for homemade granola totally wrong. We make our own and find it's much, much cheaper--but we use honey. We use so much, we asked around for local bulk and were able to...

Sirisha: you'll want to be careful of planting seeds from veggies bought at the grocery store. Many may be genetically modified (and technically illegal to plant) or hybrids, which won't produce n...

My solution is free! I use a 2-gallon bucket that I got from the donut place (free!) and keep a plate on top of it. Never stinks (we dump it out in the compost pile every couple of days) and did ...

I've been gardening for a long time, and gotta give the other point of view: I'm not a square foot gardener, and I never will be. It doesn't work as well with a low-water system like I use. ...

Like Spaniella, I use a skirt hanger to clip recipes. I hang it from my hanging veggie baskets.

- Walking back and forth to the closet that holds all our staples. - No dishwasher (well, besides the boyfriend). - No counter space means no room for our kombucha and kefir to culture....

We bought 1/8 of a grass-fed steer last year and have been eating the beef from the freezer ever since. We were warned that it wouldn't taste as good, but we find the opposite to be true. They ma...

I've done this for years, and always include onion skins. I love the color they bring. And yes, I agree with katiebug, I do find that too much rosemary makes the stock bitter, but a small amount ...

Yike, I actually liked the used-looking kitchen. I found it a refreshing change from the unrealistically clean shots we so often see.

Okay, for those of us without one, please explain why it's worth taking more space in my tiny house for one. What does it do that a good ole frying pan can't?