Tag Archive for ‘goat’
MODERN HOMESTEADING
21st century homesteading is a interesting combination – a mix of old and new in a eclectic, hybridized life.
HOMESTEAD HELPER: POWDERED MILK
I remember my grandmother mixing powdered milk into regular whole milk as a way of making the milk go further. She used the instant dry milk and, back then, that did help to make the price of milk more economical.
JUST DUCKY!
Our new batch of ducks have taken to finding their way on top of the goat house and hanging with goatsies.
HERE COMES THE SUN!
Sure is nice to see that yellow bright ball in the sky! The greyish clouds are moving out, leaving brilliant blue skies and nippish temps – just in time for fall!
FALLING FROM OCTOBER SKY
For the past 3 days there’s been wet stuff falling from the sky! Yep, tis raining! Quite a dramatic change in that it’s 40 degrees COOLER than it was just last week!
FUTURE FEAR SBS DATELINE
Others are approaching the future differently, believing the biggest threats we’re facing are problems that we’ve caused ourselves. Meet the Dervaes family of so-called ‘urban homesteaders’. They’ve already adapted and are living self-sufficiently and almost entirely off-grid.But are they all being over cautious, or will the rest of us be under prepared?
AUGUST HARVEST TALLY
Now that fall is just around the corner I can honestly say this was the COOLEST summer (ever), well, that I can remember. From June-August there were only two or three “really hot” weeks. So Cal gardeners, how did the cool summer affect your garden? Did you find it an easier or harder growing season?
Urban Homestead: Local, Organic and in the City
[the] Dervaes Gardens sits practically on top of a Pasadena, California, freeway and is only blocks away from the famous Rose Bowl. Outside are all the trappings of twenty-first-century life: automobiles, satellite dishes, supermarkets, car washes, and stores…
FRIENDS, FOOD & GOATS
You never know when friends drop by the urban homestead for a visit – even better they never know what to expect!
