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Be my pickle.
Author and Chef: Hannah K. LeVasseur Okra, garlic, cayenne pepper, black peppercorn, dill, mustard seed just waiting to meet its vinegar....
Jul 10, 20171 min read


Dandelion season
She seems to blend as one with this dandelion flower. I would have thought she had enough! I hope she is strong enough to take that load...
Apr 20, 20171 min read


Honey for Sale!
We’ve had a beautiful busy season and the bees have provided us with a bountiful supply of honey. Sweet! Our good friends, Jim and Sally,...
Oct 24, 20161 min read


Stella Too!
I started to study permaculture when I lived in Elkins Park, an inner suburb of Philadelphia. Permaculture was our gateway to gardens and...
Feb 18, 20162 min read


“A Tale of Two New Friends”
My daughter, Hannah LeVasseur, and my future son-in-law, Paul Harne, have published three genuine hold-it-in-your-hand children’s books!...
Jan 24, 20151 min read


Winter leek
Leeks are the only winter vegetable that I’m getting from my garden at this point. This beautiful leek was dug out, photographed and...
Jan 5, 20151 min read


Malus
These are crab apples that I discovered in our windbreak. They are a wild species of the apple tree, the genus Malus. I discovered and...
Nov 1, 20141 min read


It’s all Yellow
The dandelion bloom has begun…a wonderful event of the season. The pollinators are taking advantage of the warm sunny day to bring in the...
Apr 20, 20141 min read


And, then, there was Spring!
This is a photo-heavy “catch you up” post. If you click on the pictures, you will be able to see a larger image. Toward the end of...
Apr 15, 20142 min read


Autumn update…with bugs
Although I have so many exciting bug pictures to share with you; it is time to catch up on some of the happenings at StellaLou....
Oct 11, 20134 min read


Foraged Feast
Sarah Murray led two very wonderful wild food workshops at StellaLou this past weekend. We spent the days enjoying the outdoors,...
Jul 9, 20131 min read


Abundance
It became quite obvious to me, today, that I need a blog category to describe the abundance that we discover here. I started this day by...
Jun 22, 20132 min read
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