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Kitchen: DIY

11/3/2016

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I'm excited to announce that our first book is live!

After Tend Magazine folded, I realized that I had a large treasure trove of recipes, articles, and photos that I wanted to do something with. I had articles which had not been published (written for future issues). I had articles which had been on the Tend blog and were now gone. And articles which had been published just once over the years, only in Tend. I have been wanting to start publishing on iBooks and other online vendors so I thought all of these articles and recipes would be great to use as a motivating force to learn a new application and design for iBooks. And of course a great way to learn about all of the processes to publish and launch books! I have been working on iBooks Author for months now, tweaking and working and changing and getting familiar with it all. I broke all of these recipes and articles into 3 books, and I will be publishing one at a time over the next few weeks, with a full length (all new) book coming out after the first of the year! Excitement! 
So ---- today is the day for our launch of Kitchen: DIY! This is a FREE 30-page book with some of our favorite kitchen DIY projects. Brice (my husband) and I have written many articles on home projects and this is a compilation of some of our favorites we wrote together. We are always asked about our hydroponics system and we go through how to choose and setup a system that is right for you. Another favorite is how to roast your own coffee - in a roaster or even on your grill or over a campfire (plus...recipes). How to sprout and which seeds are the best to start with. How to get started growing mushrooms - what are the different types of starter setups from tabletop to logs - and what types of mushrooms can you grow (plus...recipes). Brice also has a great article about grilling with hardwood charcoal and not the little chemical bomb briquettes. Of course this is filled with photos and recipes and detailed information with resources! Happy DIY'ing.
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​Kitchen: DIY
 is now available (FREE!) on iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. If you like Kitchen: DIY, please leave a review and some stars on the iBooks store! :) ​
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>>If you are on a non-Apple device, you can download a PDF version here!
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Be sure to keep an eye out here - I will be launching another ebook The Gluten and Dairy Free Pantry: Recipes and Fresh Ideas for Your Whole Foods Kitchen in the next few weeks!

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Microgreens. (Pt.1)

3/12/2014

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Growing Microgreens with Hydroponics {wholly rooted}
We have harsh long winters where I live. Dark, long, cold. I always start the winter loving the coziness of soups and stews and warm drinks and being inside while winter rages out there. But after a few months of that I start to really feel the darkness. And that is usually when I crave crave crave greens. Fresh, crisp, green. GREEN!  We have been growing herbs and microgreens in winter for years - and have been pretty happy with our setup. This year, however, we decided to up it a notch and try hydroponics. We have a simple two tray ebb and flow system which we setup right in our dining room. It keeps the bright fresh greens close at hand, and allows the boys to help and participate since it isn't tucked away in a forgotten corner or basement. I.LOVE.IT. We have grown more lettuces, cress, greens, and microgreens than ever. I use one tray for microgreens and every 7-10 days I have an entire tray to cut. An entire tray to cut! It is satisfying to cut whole tray of peppery flavorful crisp bright greens when the snow is deep and the wind is howling. 
 
The second tray we rotate for baby greens. Peashoots, arugula, cress, head lettuce, mesclun, etc. We harvest that tray every 15-30 days or so, depending on what we are growing.  So from a small two tray system in our dining room we have had fresh greens all winter. With no soil.  I like it so much we are considering expanding to a larger system in our basement next winter to grow more mature culinary herbs and vegetables - although the fast seed to harvest time of microgreens and baby greens really can't be beat.

Simple ebb and flow tray system for microgreens and baby greens. {wholly rooted}

This winter we have grown everything, it seems. Mixed microgreens with radish, broccoli, cabbage, fennel, dill, mustard, fenugreek, beet, onion, kale, chard, amaranth, and more! We have harvested multiple trays of peashoots. And the baby greens! Arugula. Wrinkly crinkly cress. Dwarf pak choy. Sorrel. Shungiku. Mizuna. YUM.

Hydroponic Baby Greens. {wholly rooted}

I have an excellent helper too, who loves choosing which seeds to start for microgreens, checking on our water levels and changing water, and especially cutting (his favorite part is cutting).  I think both boys enjoy seeing how quickly everything grows and choosing what to grow next.

Harvesting Microgreens. {wholly rooted}

I love having fresh greens all winter.  And now as hints of spring will slowly (every so slowly!) start to appear, I need the boost. I dream of salads and vegetables and herbs, but my garden won't be producing any of that for a long while still. So even though we are starting trays of seeds to plant outside, we have this more instant reward. We can see the green, we can watch the progress, we can pick and nibble whenever we like. It is so good.
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