Brewing & Fermenting – The Urban Homestead

KOMBUCHA, KABOOM!

Posted by Anais Dervaes on June 16, 2011

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom — William George Jordan Last week we had quite a scare. For those…

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KOMBUCHA

Posted by Anais Dervaes on May 23, 2011

Kombucha Kontroversary Traditionally, kombucha’s main health benefit has been understood to be detoxification, helping the body–particularly the liver–rid itself…

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PHEW!

Posted by Anais Dervaes on March 1, 2010

The nettles that Farmer Sergio brought over a few weeks back are a fermenting in rainwater –…

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WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP

Posted by Anais Dervaes on October 6, 2009

It’s starting to FINALLY feel like FALL! To celebrate…

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WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP

Posted by Anais Dervaes on September 9, 2009

The ash, smoke and heat are finally gone -…

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KOMBUCHA!

Posted by Anais Dervaes on August 13, 2009

Like I mentioned in the last post we are reviving our mother, scoby that is and she’s ready to roll. Thing is with these live cultures – they are…

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WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP

Posted by Anais Dervaes on July 19, 2009

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SHRED SOME HEADS

Posted by Anais Dervaes on June 23, 2009

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FERMENTATION EXPERIMENT

Posted by Anais Dervaes on April 23, 2009

Fermentation crock and cutting up the locally grown cabbage Homegrown…

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OUT & ABOUT

Posted by Anais Dervaes on April 23, 2009

At the Pasadena Smith & Hawkens store on Saturday…

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