Archive for April, 2010
FLOWER POWER
*Ten Rules of Edible Flowers for Edible Flower Recipes* 1. Eat flowers only when you are positive they are edible. 2. Just because flowers are served with food does not mean they are edible. (See rule #1) 3. Eat only the flowers that have been grown organically. 4. Do not eat flowers from florists, nurseries [...]
HOMESTEAD BLESSINGS – QUILTING
New, just out on DVD! The Art of Quilting by the West Ladies of Tennessee With warmth, hospitality, and southern charm, the West ladies offer great insight, encouragement, and a joyful picture of family unity. Their unique and creative DVDs are sure to provide fun skills that will inspire families to work together, learn together, [...]
FARMING WITH FISH
How much more can be squeezed here at our little plot in the city – you’d be surprised. There’s always improvement and maximizing/utilizing space better. Every year we like to try out new projects, especially as part of our life-school training. This is a new experiment of here on the urban homestead so there’s still [...]
GRAY WATER RECLAMATION
You don’t miss your water until your well runs day – country proverb FACT: An average American family of four generates about 70 gallons of graywater a day! That is a lot of water going down the drain. For comparison the average African family uses about 5 gallons of water each day. What is Gray [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP x3
I admit, this is rather pathetic attempt at catching up to the last few weeks worth of eats. In truth, it should be 4 weeks, but with outreach, Amy and other stuff I lost one week’s meal entirely! We ate well from the garden, but I just didn’t get a chance to write it down. [...]
GINGER SODA RECIPE
Recipe will make eight 16oz bottles INGREDIENTS: 3 ounces of fresh ginger root (You can add more if you like strong ginger taste.) 6 tablespoons of citrus juice (Lemon &/ or orange) 3/4 cup of sugar (Natural cane is best. Light brown sugar gives an extra richness to the flavor.) 4 1/2 quarts of water [...]
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD
Another local write-up about the urban homestead that includes Jordanne’s Ginger Soda Recipe (note we use glass bottles but for the article recommend using recycled liter soda bottles for safety reasons) Farming a 1/10 Acre Urban Homestead by Chris Bertrand / Mountain Views News The Dervaes family live simply and richly, farming their Urban Homestead [...]
EVENTFUL SATURDAY
Yesterday we celebrated taking care of the creation and being good stewards. Not to mention a lovely day with wonderful people. I would say over 50 “familiar” looking folks came by to swap howdies, of course ask about Amy and inquire about our new projects that are happening on the urban homestead like grey water, [...]
SEE YOU AT THE PARK!
Freedom Gardener for a Day! Pasadena’s Mayor Bill Bogaard stops by our table at one of the many community events that we participated in. Well, that about wrap things up for now! Hope you enjoyed the mini posting blitz today. With folks focusing on earthy things this month, next week things should die down on [...]
HERBALISTA
One of the fun things about urban homesteading is growing your own herbs. Not only are you growing your own spice rack but tasty drinks, medicine chest and beauty products. From teas to tinctures from herbal butters to brews herbs are one of the most useful things you can grow on your urban homestead. Going [...]
