Cows kicking up their heels with joy? Yes, indeed, as you’ll see in this video from thefunkyfarmer‘s dairy farm in Gloucestershire, England. I grew up around cows and have never seen such happy specimens. These ungainly creatures manage to gallop with the excitement of calves or foals, such is the depth of their pleasure. discovered…
Recipe: Kid-Friendly Pressure Cooker Picadillo
A few years ago, my cousin turned me on to the pleasures of pressure cooking. If you’re going to make soups, stocks, stews, legumes, or even risotto, it’s a huge time-saver. It makes it possible to make things on weeknights that you’d usually hold for the weekend because of too-long cooking times. This also means…
Baby Fruits — So Much Potential
Is there anything cuter than a baby cucumber? Well, I think a baby watermelon is actually much cuter. And, potentially sweeter. C’mon baby fruits! I’ve had the hardest time with both of these plants as they apparently need much more water than I’d been giving them (at least in our typical-for-this-time-of-year 100° temps. But now…
No Waste: Cooking With Sweet Potato Greens
Remember way back at the beginning of this gardening season, before daily 100-degree heat advisories set in? I had finally filled up my raised beds with soil and, lacking any other planting opportunities, I plunked some sprouting store-bought sweet potatoes in the ground in my enthusiasm. Yeah, they didn’t look very promising. They got even…