Covered In Bees I have a complex relationship with bees. My name means “little bee”, so I grew up identifying with them. I was told as a child that the bumblebee defied physics… That they defied all natural laws every time they took flight. No one...
The Village Feast In time out of mind, every meal was cause for celebration. People who returned to their hut, cave or cliff dwelling with food were hailed as conquering heroes, and rightly so. Our early history was a tough time to be alive, or rather, to stay that...
Learning What We Used To Know So, I’m new to the notion of gleaning, and to living a life where I can make a choice about where my food comes from. Bigger cities are a special kind of “food desert”, where you can get anything at any time, as long as...
Here are a few things happening at Down to Earth this month. Making Dilly Beans- Free Saturday, August 18 11am-12:30 pm in our nursery The OSU Master Food Preservers will be presenting a free workshop and demo on dilly beans. You’ll be packing jars and getting...
