That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still needed to be sewn. Now we just water, weed and wait! Continue Reading ….
Tag: Organic
Slow Cooker Yogurt – Make Yogurt In Your Slow Cooker or CrockPot
So I’ve always thought that I didn’t like yogurt but I buy it because my kids do. Purchasing organic yogurt (greek yogurt too) can get expensive and I’ve heard that you can make yogurt in a slow cooker so I started looking around at various recipes for slow cooker yogurt and found some short and…
Building the Greenhouse – Part 1
[ad name=”Amazon Patio Lawn and Garden”] We’ve been busy all weekend working on a greenhouse for our deck. We live in a contemporary with very little space inside the house. We have a large yard and nice deck though. Every year I struggle with the starts and where to put them. I sit them on…
My Friend is an Urban Homesteader (Don’t tell the Dervaes Family)
There has been a great deal of grumbling lately, rightfully so, in the urban homesteading community about the trademarking of the term “Urban Homesteading” and related terms by the Dervaes Institute. I will admit that I don’t know much about the Dervaes family but I am learning quite a bit about urban homesteading thanks to my wonderful…
One Chicken, Two Easy Meals.
We are still fairly new to the non vegetarian lifestyle. Up until about 6 months ago my husband and children were vegetarians. I was not but never cooked meat in the house. In a quest to eat more whole foods and natural non processed foods my family decided to eat meat at home. We purchase our chickens and grass fed beef through a…
Pie Day!
Today is the day I’ve been waiting for, preparing for and practicing for! Today I’m entering my Curry Apple Pie recipe in a pie baking competition at our CSA’s harvest festival sponsored by Greener Partners. I have made many test pies and tired various things to perfect the type of pie that I was going to make….
First CSA Pickup of 2010. aka Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries!
We had our first pickup at our CSA on Tuesday. For those of you that don’t know CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You can visit Local Harvest for more information on CSAs and to locate one near you. Over the last 7 years we have been part of 3 different CSAs. This is its…
The Vegetable Garden – Year Two
[ad name=”Amazon Patio Lawn and Garden”] Last year we fenced off a portion of our yard to put in a garden but only de-sodded half of it. We planted tomatoes, peppers, chard and kale and it produced amazingly well for being neglected and weedy. This year I’ve decided to get serious about our garden and…