How does this sourdough starter become bread? If you’ve ever made bread with factory yeast, this will have similarities and differences. The biggest difference is time. With factory yeast, when you mix the yeast with warm water it is activated. You then have about three hours to use it before it is fizzled out andContinue reading “Sourdough Part 4: From Dough to Bread”
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Sourdough Part 3: Starting & Feeding
How do you make sourdough starter? As mentioned above, you can start from scratch with just flour and water. You CAN do this, but for most people, I recommend just finding a friend who already has a strong sourdough starter and ask for a bit of theirs (about 100g will do). This is much easierContinue reading “Sourdough Part 3: Starting & Feeding”
Sourdough Part 2: Our Journey & Benefits
How we got started As you may know, Elyse is Chinese and we met while I was living in China for 10 years. Bread is not very common in China, so everything was learned started a few years ago when we came to the U.S. If we can do it… you can do it! AtContinue reading “Sourdough Part 2: Our Journey & Benefits”
Sourdough Part 1: What is it? & Fermentation
Fermentation and an unseen army The past two years have been our family’s years of fermentation (both with learning, as discussed below, and in taking time to develop and grow our own family culture). It has been amazing to better understand the tiny world God created of good and bad bacteria, yeasts, and other microbesContinue reading “Sourdough Part 1: What is it? & Fermentation”
Sprouting: Why, How and What
“So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’sContinue reading “Sprouting: Why, How and What”
Polyface Farm (Part 3)
This is continued from “Polyface Farm (Part 2)“. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” ~ John 10:10 -11 ~ If this way of farming producesContinue reading “Polyface Farm (Part 3)”
Polyface Farm (Part 1)
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” ~ John 10:10 -11 ~ Polyface Farm, in Swoope, Virginia is probably the most famous farm for sustainable agricultureContinue reading “Polyface Farm (Part 1)”
Make Your Own Kombucha
Our more focused health journey started with healthy cooking and the importance of quality fruits and vegetables and convenient, inexpensive ways to get and grow them. This had great health benefits, but some continuing digestive issues opened our eyes to the world of fermenting, which has been tremendously helpful. It is amazing how much powerContinue reading “Make Your Own Kombucha”
Quiz: Should a fresh egg float or sink?
Answer: The Bad Egg will Rise Up and Shell Itself Elijah and I learned an egg-citing new trick from Elyse today: How to find an old egg (before it’s too late!) Take the eggs you want to cook and put them in water so that they are submerged. Do they float, or do they sink? TheyContinue reading “Quiz: Should a fresh egg float or sink?”
Our Tower Garden Experience
Contact us or visit the Tower Garden website to learn more about our experience or growing your own Tower Garden! Providing us with extremely local, chemical free and just picked greens (of many sorts), tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, herbs & flowers all spring, summer and fall, and…. … through the winter, too! FUN – We have had aContinue reading “Our Tower Garden Experience”
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