Colter Green

*Chicken & Veggie Stir Fry*
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, thickly julienned
2 handfuls of mushrooms, chopped
Leftover cooked chicken (from previous night’s roast)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup coconut aminos
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp potato starch + water
Handful of kale (homegrown), chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Heat the coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add the onion and carrot and cook until translucent, about 2-3 minutes, stirring often.
3. Toss in the chopped mushrooms and cook for an additional 2 minutes until they start to release their juices.
4. Add the leftover cooked chicken to the skillet and stir-fry until heated through, about 2-3 minutes.
5. Stir in the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
6. In a small bowl, mix together the coconut aminos, rice vinegar, and potato starch dissolved in water to create a slurry.
7. Pour the sauce mixture into the skillet, stirring continuously until the sauce thickens and coats the chicken and vegetables, about 2 minutes.
8. Add kale and cook until wilted.
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
10. Serve the chicken veggie stir-fry hot over cooked rice or noodles, if desired.

This stir fry came out great and everyone enjoyed their meal.

1 2/3 cup white basmati rice
3 cups water
Pinch of sea salt

Rinsed the rice, combined with water and salt, brought to a boil, covered and simmered ~20 minutes, let rest ~5 minutes, consumed with stir fry (https://permies.com/wiki/105912/pep-food-prep-preservation/Cook-Stir-Fry-PEP-BB).

This BB submission features the remnants of a stir fry (https://permies.com/wiki/105912/pep-food-prep-preservation/Cook-Stir-Fry-PEP-BB) and displays the progressive cleaning of the bowl without soap.

For this BB submission, I brewed some tea from foraged dandelion flowers.

Sweep a Floor Submission

This BB submission is most closely related to the Dimensional Lumber Woodworking category, but doesn’t quite fit the bill for any of the existing BBs there.

We’re currently staying with my father-in-law and we brought our two angora rabbits with us. I built the yellow A-frame hutch (pictured below) while we were living at our previous house. Unfortunately, the rabbits started digging holes and taking a toll on the grass. So, we decided we needed a new solution. We aren’t staying here much longer so we didn’t want to build anything very extensive. We also wanted it to be easy to clean and comfortable for the rabbits. We decided to build a sort of table for the existing hutch to sit on so that we could continue utilizing the existing hutch.

My father-in-law has a bunch of salvaged wood and screws, so he offered to help me build the hutch table we had in mind. No new materials were purchased or used for this project.

I’ve included several photos of the build in progress as well as the final result, both with the hutch on and off. We built the table so that it has a lip around the edge to hold the hutch in place. We also chose to use boards for the tabletop to be comfortable for the bunnies to walk on, while leaving gaps big enough for the poo to fall through without risk of the rabbits stepping through the gaps and hurting themselves. It’s also easy to lift the hutch off to clean the base more thoroughly, as needed.

The table/base is roughly 68” long, 38” wide, and 34” tall. Build time was about two hours.

My family and I are currently living with my father-in-law, who has two hens. They typically lay a total of two eggs per day (as pictured below). I am most often the person who collects the eggs at the end of each day. We are very thankful for these hens and the eggs they provide for us, and we look forward to having chickens of our own in the future.

While this activity would typically be deemed inappropriate where I currently reside, I make the effort to do this in the wee hours of the morning when I’m least likely to be seen and the land is damp with dew. There is an open grassy area with propagated **willow trees** behind the home we’re living in. I’ve gotten in the habit of relieving myself right after waking up when I let my dogs out to do the same. I see a variety of benefits from this practice:
- The willows and nearby grass get fertilized/watered.
- I benefit from the fresh air, morning sunlight, and optic flow.
- No toilet needs flushed, which reduces water usage and ensures the noise of flushing doesn’t wake the rest of my family.
- I’m already letting my dogs outside, so the habit is easy to maintain.