We've had a great crop of both spring and fall broccoli this year, and a lot of each has ended up in the freezer. In fact, there have been so many heads, I've let a few get away from me --- the one on the left in the photo above really should have been picked three days ago. Good thing we have crucifer-loving goats who are glad to chew up any florets that are no longer perfect enough for human consumption.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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