POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Tidbits ON Apr 28, 2012 | 1 comment

Buy Local – 5 ...

It’s that time again: the asparagus spears are poking up from the earth, the early squash is almost ready, and soon I’ll be ready to take produce...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Food and Drink ON Mar 12, 2012 | 2 comments

Rebekah’s Humm...

Good, organic hummus is going for between 3 and 6 bucks at the store for an 8 oz container, high time to start making it myself. My friend Rebekah...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Food and Drink ON Mar 5, 2012 | 1 comment

Homemade Gourmet Mus...

We make a new batch of mustard every other month or so because it’s just a really, absolutely fantastic addition to food. Mustard seeds come...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Food and Drink ON Feb 20, 2012 | 9 comments

Preserving Lemons wi...

Lemons can be preserved in salt, and provide that extra special something that goes well with Moroccan food, roasts and fish. Frankly I don’t...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, New ON Jan 29, 2012 | 6 comments

Easy Leek Soup

Yesterday I cleaned up some of the remaining gluck from one of the raised beds and netted several nice bunches of leeks and some really woody...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Homesteading, New ON Nov 21, 2011 | 15 comments

Experimenting with H...

Can a garden go all summer with only one watering? Can you easily sustain plants from more arid zones? Can a simple, low tech trick transform your...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Homesteading, Main ON Nov 13, 2011 | 6 comments

Sugar and Spice and ...

This recipe makes 6 ounces of a simple, deeply conditioning body scrub. The recipe doesn’t have any goopy chemicals, so it will be a little...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Food and Drink, New ON Nov 6, 2011 | 7 comments

Unreal Apple Cider

Several months ago I posted a video on Youtube called How to make organic hard cider in about 5 minutes. The idea of our projects and videos is to...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Food and Drink, Main ON Jun 25, 2011 | 3 comments

Making Kefir in 3 Mi...

Someone actually said to me, “even a couple of minutes a day adds up and I’m pretty busy.” If you can’t find 3 minutes a...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Homesteading, Main ON Jun 18, 2011 | 8 comments

Compost Tea

As with everything, there is even controversy around how to make compost tea. The two basic camps are anaerobic, or aerobic, and there is...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Homesteading, Main ON Feb 12, 2011 | 15 comments

Slug Tavern Beer Tra...

I can’t remember where I learned this trick. It was probably from my Grandfather, which means I saw it about 40 years ago and remembered it...

POSTED BY Brad IN Featured, Homesteading, Main ON Jan 22, 2011 | 12 comments

Worm Tower

Would you like to eliminate several steps in composting? Take a look at this easy project for your yard and garden (yarden?). Today I finally...

Rebekah’s Hummus

Good, organic hummus is going for between 3 and 6 bucks at the store for an 8 oz container, high time to...

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