August 28, 2011 – 9:40 am
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 [...]
August 25, 2011 – 5:12 pm
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:
1 cup olive oil 1 cup coconut oil 1/4 cup lye 1 cup rainwater
This is my backyard vegetable garden so far this year.
February 20, 2011 – 10:40 pm
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 [...]
February 19, 2011 – 2:12 pm
…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 [...]
February 12, 2011 – 9:27 am
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!
February 2, 2011 – 9:47 am
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
February 1, 2011 – 7:25 pm
And here comes the big snowstorm they have been talking about for days…