On the food front… The figs are finally ripe so we devoured our first fig quesadilla of the season. I know, sounds odd but it’s soooo delicious!
Though we haven’t posted much in the way of the ongoing impact our little film has had, we are happy to report that our homemade film is still growing strong.
Our short film, Homegrown Revolution (you can buy the DVD here) will be screening at home and abroad.
The summer harvest is now just started to pour in and what a blessings. We are so thankful for the bounty that the earth provides. This week we revisited and revived our 100 Foot Diet Challenge
I’m a little late in posting LAST week’s meal wrap up. Adhering to the old cliche “better late than never,” here’s the latest goodies that we’ve been enjoying
Tabbouleh was what’s for lunch/dinner most of the week. No “007″ complaints on that one. Absolutely love this summer salad. It’s so simple and tasty and uses a good handful of mint that’s growing like gangbusters and needs to be “controlled.”
Whew doggie! It’s been a busy week here at the urban homestead. Busy with bees (getting ready to harvest some honey!), battling bad bugs, moving the tender greens to cooler spot in the yard and getting things ready for a major can-a-thon.
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Weeks are going by so fast, by the time I turn around I am already behind in posting our week’s worth [...]
Here’s a two week worth rundown of meals we enjoyed here on the urban homestead
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade buttermilk pancakes with homepreserved strawberry sauce
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice with organic black beans
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade vegetable soup (homegrown lima beans, broccoli, greens)
Dinner – homemade vegetable soup (homegrown lima beans, broccoli, [...]
Since I am like a week behind in posting meals that we’ve enjoyed on the urban homestead, am going to combine the week before and last week’s meals. aka “two weeks’ worth”
Enjoy!
Summer vegetable medley
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade pancakes
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade rice (homegrown peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown red peppers and cheese
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade [...]
What’s with the weather? Today and yesterday morning it feels like fall? I know the coolness will burn off once the sun comes out but it really doesn’t feel like the August we are so used to.
Jordanne and I were commenting on the sound – it changed. Yeah, sounds funny but it’s not. We can [...]
Via THE FILM YAP.com
“HomeGrown” is a documentary about a family running an urban organic farm that holds a twofold fascination: The amazing process by which the Dervaes clan reaps such a bountiful harvest from a miniscule piece of land, and the way living in tune with nature binds them together as a family.
Jules is the [...]
I really enjoyed meeting you all and writing the story. I must say your food and cooking was among the best I’ve sampled in my 7 years as a food writer. –LY
We got this in an email (above) over the weekend and was slightly flabbergasted at the praise and though proud of the food we [...]
You know once you get behind in something just a wee bit then the next thing you know whoosh weeks pass and it’s not just one weekly meal wrap up but three! Jeepers.
So without further interruptions the urban homestead’s weekly meal wrap up from the last three weeks.
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SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola, organic yogurt [...]
In the day. We have one more busy week to go with Earth Week and then everything should (hopefully) go back to normal.
I have two weeks of meals sitting here on my desk (um that didn’t come out right – the menu list NOT the actual food), loads of photos from this weekend’s events and [...]
Wow the day/week is flying by so fast. It’s time once again to highlight what we ate last week. The weekly meal wrap ups have certianly turned into a popular thread here at LHITC. They say what you eat determines a lot about you and these photos and lists of meals certainly give you a [...]
Fried green tomatoes
This is the last weekly meal post for 2008. Sniff. Sorry shouldn’t be so sentimental but I just refuse to believe another year has passed so fast. Time flies when you are having fun, or, that’s what they say anyway.
Our winter meals are very simple and we try to stretch meals out with [...]
“During World War II many consumer goods were rationed for civilians in order to supply more goods for both American and Allied troops. Among the items rationed were sugar, red meat, gas, oil, coffee, and rubber. In October 1942 fuel oil was rationed. During the especially cold winter of 1942-43 this brought numerous protests from [...]
Last week we made a big pot o chili which lasted us several meals. So far Justin hasn’t dubbed it “007″ chili because it keeps “coming back.” (for those of you who aren’t familiar with Justin’s 007 soup quip you can see it here)
I know winter is hard season for most folks to eat within [...]
Even though it feels like fall (for now) we are still enjoying fresh tomatoes and peppers from the garden. Actually, Justin commented today that we are harvesting more tomatoes than we got all summer! He’s right ya know, it’s been a terribly odd year. Summer still lingers on down on the farm.
As you can see [...]
Keeping It Real
Sure we have a lot of goings on beyond our urban homestead lifestyle (websites, events, film, etc) and it’s good to keep things real where our readers can see and read first hand about what’s happening here on the ’stead.
The ground was certainly wet this morning, but nothing in the way of any substantial [...]
It’s been an abnormally, unseasonable cool week. Feels like late October or even June. I wonder if this could be the coolest August on record? We don’t really know how the cooler weather will affect the last of the summer crops or if this just just temporary and September and October will be scorchers.
Farmer [...]
The garden, though not as productive as years past (thanks to the wacky weather) still is yielding an delightful assortment of fresh veggies and fruit.
This week, we experimented making a fruit pizza with a homemade mint (homegrown) crust. Instead of veggie toppings and tomato sauce – fresh homegrown fruit and homegrown strawberry sauce. Everyone raved [...]
It’s been another busy week here on the ’stead. Certainly not a dull moment that’s for sure. Something always going on!
Last week inspired by catching a brief clip of Bittman’s cooking show on our local PBS station made some tasty ‘leftover rice’ dishes with solar cooked rice.
And just incase you are wondering… No, we aren’t [...]
Some homestead happenings today….
Plantings, transplanting, turning over raised beds from spring to summer crops
Picking strawberries, blueberries
Harvesting first cucumbers, figs
Whipping up delicious homegrown, homemade meals
Picking and packing client orders
Picking and hanging herbs to air dry to use in soaps and herbs
Animals chores (still caring for Sairey – her foot looks better) – egg harvesting
Power Point presentation [...]
With all that’s going on, we all are seeming to lose track of time. Time flies when you are having fun and working together as a family.
The 100 Foot Diet/Victory Garden Challenge keeps growing. I lost count, but we could be topping 150 participants – maybe more? A warm earthy soil welcome to all those [...]
Victory Garden-100 Foot Diet Highlights
Well, didn’t get around to posting like I planned on Sunday since we had some unexpected guest for dinner and were busy with a few other things — like the new site!
Without further adieu, here’s a wrap up of the recent homegrown revolutionaries postings:
Red Green State whips up a homegrown dish [...]
I didn’t do much in the way of taking photos of meals this week; however, we are still enjoying homegrown favas, potatoes, wonderful assortment of lovely greens and local avocados (thanks R for the special treat!)
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade waffles (made with homeraised eggs) with homegrown, preserved peaches
Dinner – homemade whole wheat flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice with [...]
