Tag Archive for ‘nature’
NEW BEES IN THE HOUSE!
For those of you who’ve been following our urban bee saga (Checking Bee Traps), late last night a friend of ours (thanks, Janice for the tip and David for picking them up) dropped off a feral colony he had caught.
SPLENDOR FROM GRASS
In winter, when surplus greens are scarce, we supplement our backyard poultry’s diet with wheatgrass.
EGG-UCATION
With the front porch farm stand’s customers numbers growing on a daily basis, one thing I’ve learned that there’s still much to be done in educating the public about seasonal produce and eggs. Our modern, convenient eating habits are no longer defined by season and place. Food routes and patterns are forgotten, thanks to the advent of supermarkets.
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…
LET NATURE BE
Funny thing has happened here on the urban homestead! With the recent shacking up of two scrub jays to raised their brood in one of the pineapple guava trees the mocking bird, who last year stole many a flower (potential fruit), is no where to be seen.
CARING FOR AMY
Giving her warm baths during the egg binding crisis We’ve dealt with our fair share of problems & pain – having more animal increases the chance of one running into some illness, injury and even death. That’s a farm life – nature gives and nature takes away. Dawn had a leg injury awhile back – [...]
DUCK PROBLEMS
Amy enjoying the new fish pond It’s been a rough week. Just as soon as we saw such a dramatic improvement in Amy (which made us so happy) there arose some complications – laying. Good news, bad news sort of whiplash. Good news she was looking and doing so much better but it’s been ages [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP x2
Whoosh. That’s the sound of time flying by! Where does the time go? One week, turns into two and I am already behind in putting up our weekly meals. Father time is going to need to slow down a bit. Given that we are smack dab in the middle of winter and enjoying fresh tomatoes [...]
URBAN HOMESTEADING IN REVIEW
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead The Year of the Urban Homestead My sis and I were talking about “the good ol’ days.” And one thing she brought up that I had forgotten was how we [...]
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION IN ITALY
After Greece and Israel, the next stop for us and our short homemade film (HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION) was another environmental film festival in Torino (Turin) Italy (Italy’s first capital city and home of disputed “shroud of turin,”not to mention a chocolate hub and being of French and Belgian decent this was our type of town! We [...]
