Harrowsmith

Finding Windfalls, Every Day

Hi everyone! I'm Ally.

I work from home and dwell in an artist live-work building. I have a nerdy partner and two excessively adorable dogs. Across the street is where we occasionally hold business meetings, a dog park and two noisy construction sites.

In the fall, I often find myself getting a lot of one type of ingredient. Like a whole bunch of something perishable — more than we can possibly eat in a two-person household (even with the dogs helping us out). That’s what I call a “windfall,” and that's when I need to

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