DIY
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 [...]
Green Cleaners in the Bathroom
This week’s boot camp is about green cleaners. Lots of urban homesteaders are into doing things with less chemicals, more frugally, and more self-reliance. Using or making some green cleaners around the house is a great skill to add to the homesteading arsenal. The thing is, I don’t really use any cleaners in the house. [...]
Sugar Skulls
Last week my family got together to decorate sugar skulls, or calaveras, for the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Now, my family is not Mexican, but being in the West, we see and hear a lot about this holiday. My sister even has her house decorated in calaveras and [...]
Handmade Halloween – No Sew Pterodactyl Tutorial
Last year I posted two Halloween costume tutorials and they were a big hit. In fact, they’ve been the biggest hits on this blog for the last month or so. But last year, the costumes were easy. Emmett was a garden gnome, and Henry was a bat. This year, Henry upped the ante – he [...]
Fall at the Homestead
The first day of fall was last week, and we are entering one of the busiest times of the year around here. Of course it’s harvest time – which means much of our work moves from the garden to the kitchen. You’ve seen all my posts on jam lately, but I’ve been canning too. A [...]
Late Summer Snapshot
It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve made it onto the computer. I’m sure you were wondering if I had some sort of mysterious injury related to a grub hoe and a compost bin. But I assure you, everything is fine. The sun has been out, and things have been growing like mad, including both [...]
What We’ve Been Up To…
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. We’ve been up to a lot. We spent some time pulling weeds, trimming hedges, cleaning up the flower beds and mowing this weekend too, but I didn’t get a picture. This is very sad, because it was the first time Rick used the new push mower! Other garden [...]
20 Weeks: Finishing What I Started
Um, if you didn’t notice, my 20 Weeks of Organizing went to hell in a hand-basket. Yeah. The idea was to make a list of 20 things, one to be completed each week, and then DO THEM! Back in March, when I started, I even gave out the rules, including, “Keep the projects small – [...]
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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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