Taking stock of what we have here in the urban homestead’s pantry for our next co-op order, a recent comment from a friend got me thinking. Been doing a lot of that lately, especially when it comes to our food staples that we don’t grow. Now, I am all for choices but sometimes I think Ma Ingalls had it, well, “easier.”
On a cold, drizzly, gray day in February two chefs were dropped off at the Urban Homestead.
See what happens when they have to whip up a tasty meal with ingredients from the garden and pantry in this “foodie’s” drama.
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Monterey Bay/Asilomar, EcoFarm Conference Jan 20-23
Before the conference started, we needed a place to stay for night or two before we were given our designated rooms on the conference grounds and were blessed with a place to stay beachside. (A big thanks to the Bakke family [...]
Meadow Vista Jan 17-18
Saying our goodbyes to all the wonderful folks at Nevada City Wild & Scenic Festival (read all about it in case you missed it!), it was time to mosey down the mountain to a little one stoplight town nestled amongst the pines, Meadow Vista, where we were to meet up with a [...]
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 [...]
With little or no surplus for our clients, we’ve been concentrating on just feeding ourselves and cutting back on unnecessary store bought food items.
We’ve cut out buying raw or organic milk (operation goat milk in the works, but that’s for another post) instead buying organic milk powder. We don’t use much (‘cept for baking) or [...]
Wacky Vegetables. Meet Mr Eggplant
Just when things couldn’t get any busier – it gets busier and weirder. If this year doesn’t beat all!
The weather is still flip flopping – hot a couple days, then cooler. Leaving us completely flabbergasted and anxious. Instead of the harvest increasing like normal years, it’s pretty much leveled off – [...]
Growing up, I remember looking through my father’s old Reader’s Digest’s Back to Basics book (still have it!) and drooling over the photo of a lady putting up her canned goods. I so wanted to have a pantry like that! This year, I pretty darn close to rivaling the lady in the photo.
From Hippie to [...]
We urban homesteaders find that making a list and sticking to it helps with the overall running and operation of the urban homestead.
How we went about determining our monthly grocery list is to see what “staples” we commonly use throughout the month and made up a “basic shopping list” that we tack prominently on [...]
