A Note from Freya: Profiteroles

Today’s dessert treat for the Lifestyle boxes are profiteroles! Pronounced pro•fit•e•roles, they are made of choux pastry, a mixture of milk, butter, sugar, flour, eggs and water. When put into the oven, they rise up to make a very fluffy pastry.Then comes the vanilla...

Getting to GNOME Your Gardeners

You’re invited into OUR shared journey and new newsletter segment: “Getting to Gnome Your Gardeners” through the eyes of newest intern and gnome: Rootz.It’s bright and early Thursday morning at OUR (One United Resource) ECOVILLAGE, and all OUR on-land hands are...

Kitchen Exploration: Foodsafe

One of the many ways to define Permaculture is by describing its three ethics: Care of the Earth, Care of People, and Fair Share. I’d like to tell you about how OUR ECOVILLAGE follows the ethic of People Care. One of these ways is by creating a culture of food...

Healing Herbs: Stinging Nettle

This week’s healing herb which you are receiving as a tea is the notorious and plentiful Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). What are some of your first thoughts when you hear the plant’s name? That prickly little rascal? I don’t even want to get close...

OUR Educational CSA Box 2020 – Week #4

One of the most exciting things about a garden is the anticipation of what beauty and bounty is to come. So this week we want to tease you with what will be finding itself in your boxes later in the season … TOMATOES! The greenhouses are filled with little...