Author Archives: terry

Tiny Grapes?

This vine grows like crazy between my garage and the fence where there is only about 1 foot of space to move around in.  The vines grow out and over the large shrubs, and over the garage.  There are these tiny grape-like things which look like concord grapes except that they are so small.  I [...]

My New Pressure Canner

Last week I decided I really needed to get a pressure canner this year.  I tried several stores in the area, no luck.  Lots of jars, water bath canners, and supplies, but no pressure canners.  I had to go all the way out to the Trenton Walmart and they had ONE which I promptly bought. [...]

The front jungle: The back jungle:

First Attempt At Soap

1 cup olive oil 1 cup coconut oil 1/4 cup lye 1 cup rainwater

2011 Garden

This is my backyard vegetable garden so far this year.

Urban Homestead in a Michigan suburb

I have been growing vegetable gardens in my backyard for several years, each year the gardens get a little bigger.  I have installed 3 rain barrels and a few compost piles.  I don’t have any alternate energy sources, or farm type animals (chickens or goats).  But I like to think I am homesteading to the [...]

How sad…

…that someone would think that they could own the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” ® . And these someones are not big corporations, but just a family who homesteads in their little Pasadena, CA backyard and have gotten a lot of acknowledgement via their blog, press, and tv.  This family was a very big [...]

Yummy Breakfast

While cooking some old fashioned oats on the stove, add some peach sauce I canned last summer, some chopped Georgia pecans (thanks to sister Louise!), some brown sugar, dab of butter. mmm good!

Seed Viability

Handy item to keep around: http://awaytogarden.com/estimating-viability-how-long-do-seeds-last?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AWayToGarden+%28A+Way+to+Garden%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Winter continues….

And here comes the big snowstorm they have been talking about for days…