It’s Tart!
Yesterday, Mr Chiots and I picked sour cherries at my mom’s house. She planted new trees a few years ago after her old one in the back blew over in a storm.
We picked most of them, totaling about a pound. I whipped up a batch of my grandma’s famous pie crust and made a slab pie.
Mr Chiots happily enjoyed a slice with ice cream last night for a snack. Sour cherries are one of my most favorite fruit, hopefully next year we’ll be adding a few trees to our garden.
What’s your favorite fruit?
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Cultivate Simple 34: Open for Business
On this week’s episode we discuss some tips for starting a small business. While these things may not work for everyone, they have continually worked for us.
Elderflower Fritters from Nigel Slater
Duck Breast Prosciutto how-to from Salted & Styled
Snug Harbor Farm in Kennebunk, here’s Pickle’s Pick of the Week
- Be Unique. You have to have a unique product or service or provide the product or service in a unique way.
- Figure out how to creatively market your product, don’t be satisfied with the status quo, get a website and facebook page.
- Make wise decisions and consider alternatives. Think things through to their logical conclusion.
- Be frugal. Try not to buy stuff you don’t need, for the business and personally.
- Be willing to invest lots of time and effort for a while without much return.
Books of the Week
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Quote of the Day: Marcel Proust
The voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (The Wabi-Sabi House: The Japanese Art of Imperfect Beauty)
Here are a few shots of flowers from my Maine garden that I took this past week.
The amazing thing is that none of the flowers in my new garden are the same as the flowers in my old garden back in Ohio.
What new and exciting things are you seeing in your garden this week?
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Pppppt New Shoes
I got these new shoes a month or two ago and I LOVE them. They were chosen because they were slip-ons, perfect for gardening. There is a no shoe rule in this house, so slip-on shoes are a must when you’re coming and going many times throughout the day.
They’s Keen Sneaker of course, the only brand of shoes that I buy. They fit my feet perfectly and I know they’ll always fit like a glove.
These shoes quickly became my favorite shoes and I wear them everywhere.
I’m actually thinking about buying another pair because I love them so much.
Do you wear slip-on shoes when you garden to leave the soil in the garden?
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Friday Favorite: Coffee Milkshakes
I’m usually not much of one for cold coffee milkshakes, but these past few weeks I’ve been making our afternoon coffee in the form of a milkshake. They are tasty, delicious, and healthy – not to mention super quick.
How do I make them? Freeze ice cube tray with whole milk. Put 1 or 1.5 cups of cream into your blender pitcher. Add 2 Tablespoons of maple syrup and a dash of vanilla. Add a few ounces of strongly brewed coffee (we use a few shots of espresso). Put the blender pitcher in the freezer and while you’re at it a few glasses so they chill.
After about 30 minutes when the cream is good and chilled, add frozen milk cubes and blend for a few minutes. That’s all there is to it. It’s so delicious it’s hard to believe it’s good for you. All that healthy fat in the cream is chocked full of vitamin A and other goodness, the probiotics in the raw milk are good for your gut, there are minerals in the maple syrup and antioxidants in the coffee. Who knew something so tasty could be so healthy?
What’s your favorite frosty beverage?
