Archive for August, 2009
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
The summer garden is still puttering along and providing us with a bounty of good food. SATURDAY Breakfast – homemade/homegrown blueberry pancakes Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice (homegrown onions, peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown sauteed pepper and local avocado and onions (from Farmer S) with raw cheese SUNDAY Breakfast – homemade skillet granola [...]
FIRE UPDATE
Sunday night the fire goes up and along the top of the ridge (view from our garage roof) The fire is still raving our beloved San Gabriels not only did it char many a hikers favorite trails and idyllic canyons (Upper Arroyo Seco, Millard, Mt Lowe), but yesterday a sad turn of events when it [...]
UNDER A CLOUD OF SMOKE
Fire burns right above the Rose Bowl Massive fire raging over the San Gabriel Mountain range This view is what the fire looked like last night from our garage roof The Station fire continues to burn out of control scorching over 35 miles/20,000 acres. Yesterday we thought the smoke was bad but today – today is [...]
WE ARE OK
Just hot with scratchy throats and watery eyes that are coming from the fire. Thank you for the emails, comments and even phone calls of concern. Here’s the situation. We are in NO danger from the La Canada ‘Station’ fire but unfortunately it’s spreading fast (jumped from 500 to 1,500 acres in just a few [...]
SUN DRIED
Thanks to the hotter weather our tomatoes (and peppers) dried in a jiffy. Though there may be a slight smoky flavor due to the unfortunate wildfires that are raging all around us. A reader commented how much she LOVES her FOOD PANTRIE but had troubles with molding tomatoes. Sun dried tomatoes and peppers (below) Here’s a hint [...]
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION & URBAN HOMESTEADING/FARMING AT BLUE PLANET FILM FEST
The urban homesteaders/farmers will be on hand at these two upcoming events on Sept 3 & Sept 6 “Urban Homesteading is a process of being able to provide for oneself despite living in an urban community. Simply put, urban homesteading means self-sufficiency. A lot of people in first world countries are now getting into this [...]
THAT EXPLAINS IT!
We’ve noticed that in just the past few years our typical hot & dry climate is a changin’ and now there’s an explanation why our summers are more humid! Steamy heat more common in California: study LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more [...]
PUTTING UP
Following in an age old tradition here at the urban homestead we’ve been busy in our preservation efforts – canning, drying and brewing. Canning Made a batch of jalapeno jelly (first time trying this recipe and was quite pleased with the results) After straining the liquid for the jelly, saved up the leftover chopped peppers [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
Digging for our dinners and still eatin’ good in our neighbor with fresh homegrown veggies and fruits from the garden. We enjoyed some delectable dishes last week – fried squash blossoms and fig tacos! No not fish tacos but FIG tacos and they are sooooo yummy. They’ve become one of our favorite summer dishes. SATURDAY [...]
URBAN BEES VS COUNTRY BEES
and urban bees win, well from the likes of this article they do! The national bee-keeping body has recently reported high mortality in the country near corn, sunflower and rapeseed fields. Bee deaths across Europe have been 30 to 35 per cent higher than average since the 1980s. French figures show that bees in urban [...]
