Food
UH Basic Training: Chicken Keeping 101
Everyone in the household is seemingly well again, so urban homestead boot camp is back in session! After a garden, when someone mentions “urban homestead” many people think of chickens. To me, chickens are a bit of the country right here in the city. They aren’t particularly noisy, they don’t take up much space, and [...]
Easy Roasted Asparagus Soup
Since spring is around the corner, we are making an effort to ensure we have room in the freezer for the coming crops. The first thing in the freezer each year is asparagus. When the asparagus comes on, we try to eat as much of it as we can, but we usually put some aside [...]
2012 Independence Days Challenge
Last week, Sharon Astyk announced that she’d be bringing back her Independence Days Challenge. Whew! I was excited about it! If you’ve read my blog for more than a year, you know, I’ve participated in her challenge since 2010. The challenge is to make small steps, every week, every day if you can, towards food [...]
Boot Camp Bonus: A Well Stocked Pantry
Yesterday I mentioned keeping a reasonably well stocked pantry in order to allow for some flexibility in my meal planning. I got to thinking about what a well stocked pantry looks like. It will probably different for every household, and it varies for us as well, depending on season, tastes, moods, how well we stocked [...]
UH Boot Camp: Menu Planning Made Easy
Menu planning may not sound like an urban homesteading skill, but I assure you it is. It is something that, like a budget, takes thoughtful time and effort and doesn’t come naturally to many of us. Our family would never stay within our food budget if we didn’t do it, however. It saves us time, [...]
UH Boot Camp: Eating Well without Breaking the Bank
Yesterday I talked about the basics of making a budget. For today’s urban homestead boot camp, I wanted to give you my best tips for saving money on your food bill while still eating well. Some things, to really save money, do take some investment up front, but the pay off in the long run [...]
UH Budgeting Boot Camp: Building a (Food) Budget
Seeds, plants and soil all cost money, building a coop does too and those canning jars don’t come cheap. But we urban homesteaders feel it’s worth it. We are in it for the food. So we have to find a way to make it work. How do we eat well without breaking the bank? This [...]
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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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