Working 9 to Hive: Why Our Community Needs Bees 🐝🌼
My latest garden Short captures bees busy pollinating, with Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” as their soundtrack! It’s a playful moment with an important message: these little garden visitors help support our whole community. As bees move between flowers, they transfer pollen, helping many plants produce fruits and seeds. Their work supports our home gardens,…
A Frugal Week in My Kitchen: Homemade Meals for Our Family of Six
This week was about making the most of what we already had—turning pantry staples, freezer ingredients and garden vegetables into meals for our family of six. I spent around $116 on groceries for this week, but that wasn’t the full cost of everything we ate. We also used ingredients purchased previously, along with food from…
Apple Cider–Inspired Homemade Kombucha
A cozy apple, cinnamon, and honey kombucha made with a simple three-day second fermentation. A few weeks ago, I gave my homemade kombucha a cozy, apple-cider-inspired twist using ingredients I already had at home: one fresh apple, two cinnamon sticks, and a little local Long Island honey. This is a second-fermentation recipe, so you will…
