Peg
@ethnobot.bsky.social
Hardscrabbler. Native Vermonter. Writer. Bereaved mother. Food producer. Wood-splitter. Weed-eater. 60+ triathlons long ago. Kindness, community.
That moment on the threshold of a new home (John O’Donoghue)
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
That moment on the threshold of a new home (John O’Donoghue)
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cage-free? Organic? Certified humane?
Paperboard containers, made from recycled newspapers, can be tossed into the woodstove with a few pinecones to ignite a new fire.
Paperboard containers, made from recycled newspapers, can be tossed into the woodstove with a few pinecones to ignite a new fire.
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cage-free? Organic? Certified humane?
Paperboard containers, made from recycled newspapers, can be tossed into the woodstove with a few pinecones to ignite a new fire.
Paperboard containers, made from recycled newspapers, can be tossed into the woodstove with a few pinecones to ignite a new fire.
Women in the Woods workshops have included training on chainsaw safety and maintenance, tree identification, winter wildlife tracking and logging with farm tractors. A key component of these workshops is that they are designed for women and are led by women with experience in educational programs.
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Women in the Woods workshops have included training on chainsaw safety and maintenance, tree identification, winter wildlife tracking and logging with farm tractors. A key component of these workshops is that they are designed for women and are led by women with experience in educational programs.
Well…
L: 7 AM today
R: Monday PM
L: 7 AM today
R: Monday PM
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Well…
L: 7 AM today
R: Monday PM
L: 7 AM today
R: Monday PM
Nothing more gorgeous from the fall garden than purple swiss chard, served w sliced golden beets.
It’s the supper vegetable dish, probably including a good chunk of butter.
It’s the supper vegetable dish, probably including a good chunk of butter.
October 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Nothing more gorgeous from the fall garden than purple swiss chard, served w sliced golden beets.
It’s the supper vegetable dish, probably including a good chunk of butter.
It’s the supper vegetable dish, probably including a good chunk of butter.
Winter is coming. Here we go again!
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Winter is coming. Here we go again!
Finished product, ready for blending into a thick sauce— skins & seeds included— and popping into the freezer.
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Finished product, ready for blending into a thick sauce— skins & seeds included— and popping into the freezer.
Yes we’re getting a lot of rain after months of drought. Won’t be enough to make up for the deficit, so welcome.
Roasting tomatoes again. Good way to celebrate.
Roasting tomatoes again. Good way to celebrate.
September 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Yes we’re getting a lot of rain after months of drought. Won’t be enough to make up for the deficit, so welcome.
Roasting tomatoes again. Good way to celebrate.
Roasting tomatoes again. Good way to celebrate.
When a canning jar breaks during processing.
Distressing, but it happens. Started those tomato seeds in April, nurtured the plants through 3 months of drought.
Plan well; detach from the outcome. (Should’ve canned outside on the propane camp stove. Induction cooktop not good for canning.)
Distressing, but it happens. Started those tomato seeds in April, nurtured the plants through 3 months of drought.
Plan well; detach from the outcome. (Should’ve canned outside on the propane camp stove. Induction cooktop not good for canning.)
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When a canning jar breaks during processing.
Distressing, but it happens. Started those tomato seeds in April, nurtured the plants through 3 months of drought.
Plan well; detach from the outcome. (Should’ve canned outside on the propane camp stove. Induction cooktop not good for canning.)
Distressing, but it happens. Started those tomato seeds in April, nurtured the plants through 3 months of drought.
Plan well; detach from the outcome. (Should’ve canned outside on the propane camp stove. Induction cooktop not good for canning.)
@npitchford.bsky.social Do you know this extraordinary work? It will speak to the immigrant & so many others in you.
Nearly finished with it, feeling the anticipatory dread of how to extricate myself from its many worlds.
Nearly finished with it, feeling the anticipatory dread of how to extricate myself from its many worlds.
September 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@npitchford.bsky.social Do you know this extraordinary work? It will speak to the immigrant & so many others in you.
Nearly finished with it, feeling the anticipatory dread of how to extricate myself from its many worlds.
Nearly finished with it, feeling the anticipatory dread of how to extricate myself from its many worlds.
A glass induction cooktop is not canner-friendly. It was a beautiful day & my outdoor system worked well. Especially well, since I sat on a stool and read a mesmerizing novel as the tomatoes bubbled away.
September 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A glass induction cooktop is not canner-friendly. It was a beautiful day & my outdoor system worked well. Especially well, since I sat on a stool and read a mesmerizing novel as the tomatoes bubbled away.
A new adventure this weekend: canning tomato sauce on a propane camp stove in my driveway.
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A new adventure this weekend: canning tomato sauce on a propane camp stove in my driveway.
When your chief trading partner lives only a few doors away.
When you’re finally ready to can tomato sauce.
When you’re finally ready to can tomato sauce.
August 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When your chief trading partner lives only a few doors away.
When you’re finally ready to can tomato sauce.
When you’re finally ready to can tomato sauce.
Touchstone beets. First harvest. A month late but they somehow survived half a dozen 3-day heat domes and a 3-month drought.
Rodent damage? Yes, but minimal. Beautiful greens. Served them boiled, sliced, and buttered on a bed of their own steamed greens.
Rodent damage? Yes, but minimal. Beautiful greens. Served them boiled, sliced, and buttered on a bed of their own steamed greens.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Touchstone beets. First harvest. A month late but they somehow survived half a dozen 3-day heat domes and a 3-month drought.
Rodent damage? Yes, but minimal. Beautiful greens. Served them boiled, sliced, and buttered on a bed of their own steamed greens.
Rodent damage? Yes, but minimal. Beautiful greens. Served them boiled, sliced, and buttered on a bed of their own steamed greens.
‘Tis the season: JoePye, boneset, goldenrod, Queen Anne’s lace
August 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
‘Tis the season: JoePye, boneset, goldenrod, Queen Anne’s lace
In spite of everything, gorgeous filet beans for supper. These are ‘Maxibel’
August 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In spite of everything, gorgeous filet beans for supper. These are ‘Maxibel’
I thought someone had thrown most of a waffle cone out their car window into my driveway. Went to pick it up: Wow! A dead, rolled-up beech leaf.
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I thought someone had thrown most of a waffle cone out their car window into my driveway. Went to pick it up: Wow! A dead, rolled-up beech leaf.
Varieties of Swiss chard and spinach that have stood up well outdoors to 100°F heat domes & little rain. We’ve been picking off leaves for salads & cooking for more than a month.
July 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Varieties of Swiss chard and spinach that have stood up well outdoors to 100°F heat domes & little rain. We’ve been picking off leaves for salads & cooking for more than a month.
My loose-stem heads look like this (Hitai Seeds).
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My loose-stem heads look like this (Hitai Seeds).
‘Song’: green stem, sprouting cauliflower. What a treat! Great for dipping, raw or cooked.
Easy to grow. Sweet/tender, better adapted to heat & low fertility than standard cauliflower.
Easy to grow. Sweet/tender, better adapted to heat & low fertility than standard cauliflower.
July 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
‘Song’: green stem, sprouting cauliflower. What a treat! Great for dipping, raw or cooked.
Easy to grow. Sweet/tender, better adapted to heat & low fertility than standard cauliflower.
Easy to grow. Sweet/tender, better adapted to heat & low fertility than standard cauliflower.
If you’re heading to or from Concord on Fisherville Road & need to use the loo, stop in at the Irving/Circle K.
Elvis will meet you at the door and marry you on the spot!
Elvis will meet you at the door and marry you on the spot!
June 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you’re heading to or from Concord on Fisherville Road & need to use the loo, stop in at the Irving/Circle K.
Elvis will meet you at the door and marry you on the spot!
Elvis will meet you at the door and marry you on the spot!
Well, OK then. Half an hour outside takes an hour & a couple of glasses of ice water inside to come back into your right mind.
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Well, OK then. Half an hour outside takes an hour & a couple of glasses of ice water inside to come back into your right mind.
Insufferable heat and humidity. Garden soil way too boggy for planting, transplanting, tilling in a cover crop.
But hot damn! Looks like we may have a good crop of strawberries after years of frost damage, TPB & disastrous rodent predation.
But hot damn! Looks like we may have a good crop of strawberries after years of frost damage, TPB & disastrous rodent predation.
June 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Insufferable heat and humidity. Garden soil way too boggy for planting, transplanting, tilling in a cover crop.
But hot damn! Looks like we may have a good crop of strawberries after years of frost damage, TPB & disastrous rodent predation.
But hot damn! Looks like we may have a good crop of strawberries after years of frost damage, TPB & disastrous rodent predation.