Bush Beans
Beans are easy to grow and produce a lot of food from one seed. Tips on how to grow beans and a short list of the three varieties I grow. …
Bobcats on the Homestead
We’ve got bobcats. No surprise there, right? I mean, we do live in the woods of Maine. 😉 We’ve had one cat roaming the homestead year round, unusual activity based on how previous cats behaved.…
Icy Roads, Snow, Tracks, Otters – Backwoods Roads
This is someone’s commute every morning and again at night. It’s dark when they drive in, dark when they drive out. For the truck drivers, they make this trip several times a day when they take logs to a mill. Imagine this being your daily drive. Add streams and marshes, wildlife, and trucks coming toward you. CB radios are the main method of communication. …
Rime Ice & Ice Discs
Cold but the wind is still and the sun is shining. 8°. “Bundle up,” I thought. I knew the trees would be covered in rime ice this morning. “Want to ride with me to Musquash to photograph the rime ice?” He drove. I wasn’t expecting ice discs, the natural phenomenon…
Bakery Update
The bakery is behind schedule. It’s honestly been a disaster. I’m still baking in the house but I really wanted to be in the new building in December. There have been a lot of tears shed over this building. The craftsmanship in what I got doesn’t match the display buildings.…
Pizza Night
At the end of a busy week – pizza night. It’s not a planned night. Every Friday night isn’t pizza night. It’s a wind down with pizza and beer night. It’s been a busy week. Why would I want to take the time to make pizza dough after a busy…
Big Wild Radio – October 19, 2018
US Senator Michael Bennet shares his bi-partisan effort to restore conservation funding.
Studio Producer Audrey Martinovich (Audio for the Arts) and her husband Nick Smith tell us about their camping themed wedding.
Chef Robin Follette makes a sweet and savory sausage and sweet potato soup. Keep a pen handy. This recipe was lost in the plugin shuffle.
Jennifer Smith joins us to talk about pipelines and habitat preservation. …
Chocolate Applesauce Cake
powered by podcast garden Chocolate Applesauce Cake is a favorite recipe from my childhood. Mum would have a piece with a cup of coffee in the afternoon and if we were home, we got a treat, too. You can leave the cocoa out if you want plain applesauce cake. I…
Bear Cubs – North Maine Woods
This is a column I wrote for Maine Woodland Owners. My column is called Focus On Wildlife. I get to write about the animals I am so very fortunate to spend time with, a few I’ve never seen, and one I didn’t know exists until I was looking for a…
Big Wild Radio – October 12, 2018
Chef Robin Follette makes a Hail Mary Bloody Mary. (This recipe was lost in the recipe plugin fiasco of 2019.) Outdoor legend Don Kirby visits again. Phyllis Green discusses the Isle Royale wolf restoration project. Randy Stark talks conservation law enforcement. powered by podcast garden
