Author Archives: Anisa
March Independence Days Update
Wow – here it is the middle of April, and I’m just now getting to the March update. Yikes! March was a great month, garden speaking. I actually got my spring garden in on time! I planted a lot really, and am happy to report that potatoes, peas, beets, kale, spinach and arugula are all [...]
Making the Most of Your CSA Share
CSA season is around the corner and I am very excited to start receiving a share again. We have a month (plus or minus) until asparagus comes on!! I would ideally love to grow everything we eat ourselves, but we just don’t have enough space. And our CSA grows such beautiful, delicious food, I can’t [...]
Remedial Composting
When I did my composting boot camp posts we were under a few feet of snow here in Denver. I was unable to get outside and get any useful pictures of the compost bin in progress for you. But over the last two weekends, mother nature has been much more cooperative. We were able to [...]
You’ve Got to be Chitting Me
This weekend the weather was amazing. The sun was out, it was warm, and we all got sunburned. It was the first really nice weekend of the year. So nice in fact, that I was completely unmotivated to sit down at the computer inside and write a single line. I had plenty of blog inspiration [...]
Practical Ways to Store Food without a Fridge
Over the last couple of weeks there has been an article from treehugger.com floating around Facebook, Reddit, and Pinterest highlighting Korean designer, Jihyun Ryou’s five creative ways to store food without a fridge. The designer’s goal was “re-introducing and re-evaluating traditional oral knowledge of food, which is closer to nature,” by using objects to make [...]
The Other Cleaners
I mop and clean the windows vinegar and water, and I use baking soda to scrub everything else. But what about the rest of the house? I don’t make everything we clean with around here. We buy a few products to keep everything else clean and as chemical free as possible. Laundry: I used to [...]
Need Help Getting Started?
Last spring, a friend approached me for help in starting her first garden. She had moved to a new house and wanted to grow some veggies with her kids. And she wanted some guidance on how and what to plant. I had a lot of fun planning the layout of her space and helping her [...]
Green Cleaners in the Kitchen
The kitchen is the urban homestead’s work horse. And boy do I ever give my old porcelain sink a workout. It gets pretty stained and dingy and needs a good deep cleaning every week. Like the bathroom, I basically use white vinegar and baking soda to get the job done. I start by rinsing the [...]
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3 kids, 8 chickens, bees and a garden on my urban 1/8 acre. Striving to find the simple life - the easy way. I spend my free time blogging and getting dirt under my nails along side my hard-working husband. Yay for modern housewifery, urban livestock and front yard gardens!
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