Brunette Gardens

Doin' the congee conga
A quick-and-easy crockpot dish that's perfect for the season. Plus, a special offer!
 • Lisa Brunette
Your basic sauerkraut
A powerful superfood we eat almost daily.
 • Lisa Brunette
Chickening out
My loss is urban farming's gain.
 • Lisa Brunette
The 7-year gardening itch
It happens, even in the best of gardens.
 • Lisa Brunette
Pickled red onions (cebollas encurtidas)
Lime brings the tang, and onions do the tango.
 • Lisa Brunette and Kirsten K. Shockey
Soaking seeds and nuts
The brine is fine.
 • Lisa Brunette
How to homestead when you don't have a homestead
Life in the city, with and without chickens.
 • Lisa Brunette
How we fill our nests
Not with the one thing we truly need.
 • Lisa Brunette
Putting the garden to bed for the winter - at the end of a hard year
Plus garden tomatoes on Thanksgiving and other unexpected pleasures.
 • Lisa Brunette
Elderflower oxymel and gooseberry-elderflower jam
Sugar-free, pectin-free recipes for your health and happiness.
 • Lisa Brunette
The 15 best reader comments
In two years of Brunette Gardens.
 • Lisa Brunette
Slowpocalypse barber
The Brunette cuts her own hair.
 • Lisa Brunette
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