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HUNG OUT TO DRY

Posted by Anais Dervaes on January 10, 2011

Drying clothes on the homestead Well, since I have never had a dryer to use (except when visiting friends or…

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FROM FARM TO FORK

Posted by Anais Dervaes on April 15, 2010

Good little article but there are some slight misstatements. 1.) We grow 99 percent of our PRODUCE not diet…

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DISPATCHES FROM THE URBAN HOMESTEAD pt 3

Posted by Anais Dervaes on February 19, 2010

The weather changed over night – weather whiplash we call it! After being spoiled with a week or so days of 80 degree temps, it’s dipped back into the…

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DISPATCHES FROM THE URBAN HOMESTEAD pt 2

Posted by Anais Dervaes on February 18, 2010

Gearing up for spring, not only is there planting to do, new projects to tackle, there’s lots of maintenance to be done too!

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MORNING HAS BROKEN

Posted by Anais Dervaes on November 16, 2009

Justin is the earliest riser of us siblings. He’s got a lot of energy and wants to get out in the garden first thing in the morn. Yep, he’s…

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ON THE PRESERVATION FRONT

Posted by Anais Dervaes on September 10, 2009

It’s a messy, sweaty, steamy and sometimes sticky work; but the fruits of our labors are certianly worth the hours of labor. With summer winding down, canning efforts have increased…

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HOMEGROWN FILM SCREENING RHODE ISLAND THIS SATURDAY

Posted by Anais Dervaes on August 7, 2009

Screening this Saturday at Rhode Island International Film Festival Sat. Aug 8 @ 3:00 pm Columbus Theatre Arts Center Providence , RI HOMEGROWN…

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SMALL WORLD

Posted by Anais Dervaes on May 1, 2009

Sure, it’s exciting to get out of the blue calls from media outlets but it’s a superficial sort of excitement. It passes very quickly. The other day we got an…

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AROUND THE ‘STEAD

Posted by Anais Dervaes on January 21, 2009

Yard work Winter tomatoes

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AROUND THE 'STEAD

Posted by Anais Dervaes on January 21, 2009

Yard work Winter tomatoes

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