Friday, 30 October 2009

getting ready for Christmas, caribbean style

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Bastimentos

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Bastimentos is a small island about 10 minutes by water taxi from Isla Colon. We went there to visit a friend who manages an incredibly beau...
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squall

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Sitting eating delicious battered fish on the deck of a shabby looking restaurant standing on stilts out over the water, a few raindrops beg...

trip to Bocas del Toro, Panama

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Just returned from a great little trip down to Panama. The Caribbean islands of Bocas del Toro are 3 1/2 hours from here, including crossing...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

christmas pudding

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Today I made the christmas pudding. It's always a fun thing to do, partly because the list of ingredients is long but simple, partly bec...
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

what happens when we're not at home

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This is Hoss, our shepherd mix, enjoying time out with the 'Edible Austin' magazine, sometimes life is just too hard . . .
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Monday, 19 October 2009

kumquat in rambutan syrup

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This is delicious over pancakes and probably good with ice-cream. It also works with chicken dishes. Another recycling recipe from the farm ...
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fruit porn

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Thursday, 15 October 2009

the website at Island Farm

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The website is up at last! The link to this blog is on there too, check us out! Finca la Isla

writing

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I've been spending the last week or so writing a brief guide to gathering and growing food in this area, although I think it would be ap...
Friday, 9 October 2009

back in the dirt . . . for a moment

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Somehow I found myself with time yesterday. It was a wet pleasantly cool day and I took the opportunity to check the pumpkin that's thre...
Tuesday, 6 October 2009

self sufficient propaganda!

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kitchen thoughts

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I was considering today how different my life is from anything I could have expected even 10 years ago. Back then I had just split from my p...
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Monday, 5 October 2009

eating locally

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The Farmers' Market is becoming increasingly important to me, not simply the social enjoyment I get from sharing time and space with the...
Friday, 2 October 2009

a corner of our farmers' market stall

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  From left to right: kombucha, durian, marang, dried fruit mixes, crystallized ginger, fruit leather roll ups, mangosteen, salak, rambutan,...

three burners, three pots, three jams . . . oh my!

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Today was a jam day. A lovely, bubbling, boiling, sugary, syrupy, fruity day. With a massage at the end (thanks Maria!). I have a three burn...
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