Simple Living
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 [...]
2011 on the Bike
Happy birthday today to my Hard-working Husband, Rick! I want to take a minute to say that nothing, and I mean nothing, would ever get accomplished around the homestead if it weren’t for him. I’m really great at the ideas, but Rick is the hard worker that actually makes the ideas turn into something real. [...]
Winding Down for the Season
We’re playing catch up here as the harvest season comes to a close. This is my favorite time of year, but it is one that works us the hardest. As the weather cools off we find ourselves wanting to move inside. We want to settle down with a cuppa and a warm blanket or cozy [...]
Putting it All on the Line
I am in love. My clothesline is actually making me happy. I find the few quiet minutes it takes to hang the clothes up both meditative and satisfying. Wait. Did I just say laundry makes me happy? This isn’t my first clothesline, but so far, it is the best. Granted, it’s new, so I don’t [...]
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 [...]
Boiled Weeds
Quick tip this morning before I get to peeling roasted chiles. A few weeks ago Rick discovered something that should have been quite obvious. Boiling water kills weeds. In the past, when we’ve done some canning, Rick takes the boiling water out and dumps it on the weeds growing between the cracks of the sidewalk [...]
Peach Picking 2011
I finally got some of our peach pictures sorted through. We had such a fun time picking this year. We’re quite lucky the Bracken’s don’t weigh us before and after leaving the orchard… I think Emmett ate his weight in peaches!
Riot for Austerity: My Insanity Knows No Bounds
Have you heard of this? Sharon Astyk, who I have mentioned few times before, posted last month about the Riot for Austerity. Back in 2007 a bunch of people made it their goal to live on 10 % of what the average American consumed. TEN percent. Ninety percent less than what everyone else was doing. [...]
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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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