Archive for September, 2009
STATION FIRE AFTERMATH
On Monday, we walked the upper Arroyo Seco to see what the fire had done to of one our favorite (and loveliest) hiking trails (Gould/Paul Little/ Oakwilde/Switzer) in the San Gabriel Mountains. We went as far as Gould Campground (which was still surprisingly remained unscathed though fire came right down to the perimeter) Read more about [...]
LITTLE AMY UPDATE
I know many of our readers would like to know how our duckie is doing (read about her injury). Like I mentioned she has good days and bad but we are seeing improvements. This last week we’ve penned off an area in the animal enclosure so she can hang out during the day with her [...]
OUT & ABOUT
Meeting local Freedom Gardeners Chatting with Farmer D Talking about farming, bug and critter woes, duckie saga, etc., with Farmer S Saturday, we spent an afternoon down in Riverside. Despite the sweltering heat, the local Freedom Gardeners came out and we enjoyed meeting ya’ll! Actually, our booth was the busiest there – which was great! [...]
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD
A “getting caught up” posting with a little bit of this, that and this thrown in for good measure! Though we are a few day’s into fall the temperatures are more like summer and thanks to a mild santa anna wind it’s not only turned up the heat but as if someone’s turned on a [...]
SAYONARA SUMMER
{note: this entry was written over ONE week ago, and delayed in publishing by the injured duck } There’s some interesting goings on around the urban homestead The guys have been filling up the driveway with piles of sand, lumber is being brought in, coils of huge black hoses and more! Yep, there’s some serious [...]
‘EXTENDED FAMILY’
Is the title of a little article in the October Los Angeles Magazine (pg 132) about our citified farm animals here on the urban homestead. And on page 134 a few profiles of the heritage breeds that reside in our backyard barnyard. As the title states, these animals are like extended family and these critters [...]
OUT & ABOUT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 10:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. WHITE PARK, 3901 MARKET STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA. 92501 THE GREATER RIVERSIDE CONFERENCE OF SENIORS GIVING THE GIFT OF GREEN TO OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THE CRISIS: Scientists have determined that civilization is not sustainable if carbon dioxide remains above 350 parts per million. It’s now [...]
FOWL PLAY
Last week and a half was a rough one, really rough – still is. I know many of you who have been following the duckie saga on our Facebook accounts – thanks for your concern and prayers. One of our duckies sustained a bad neck injury. It happened when the duckies were rough housing – seems [...]
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Fall brings cooler weather and shorter days and screenings of both the documentary HOMEGROWN by Robert McFalls with music by Jay & Molly and our in-home short film Homegrown Revolution These films are “sowing” at quite a few film festivals across North America and even overseas. Here’s a list of upcoming screenings for these two [...]
DRINK UP
With all the hard work goings on at the urban homestead these days (shed building, animal enclosure improvements, raising up the raised beds, etc, etc) – water just doesn’t cut it. I mean one needs a good thirst quencher and we don’t mean that colored stuff in the markets. So in addition to the lemon [...]
