Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking on Nov 17th, 2011
This post originally published in October 2009. I’m baking a raspberry batch for homeschool co-op and a peach butter batch for the neighborhood kids/my kids today. I make this recipe several times a month, even for breakfast, and the recipe is frequently requested, so I thought it was worth republishing.
PLEASE NOTE – I no [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Homemaking on Nov 16th, 2011
I let the kids sleep in, and worked on tidying up a bit since the neighbor boys are coming over this morning for a play date (Bend-a-roos and Playmobils and sofa-cushion forts are on the agenda, according to the girls). Chickens and ducks were let out and fed a breakfast of mashed, roasted pumpkin, scratch [...]
Posted in Crafting, From my kitchen, Homemaking, Learning, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy on Oct 27th, 2011
…reading a few chapters in Ann Voskamp’s book before the children were up…
…enjoying granola in the breakfast nook after morning chores, watching chickens, ducks mucking happily around the yard (Cran-Walnut Granola recipe at the bottom)
…quilting for a neighbor’s baby, due in 2 weeks, while the children had breakfast.
A welcome reprieve before tackling the general chaos [...]
Posted in BCS Teaching Garden/SotE Urban Farm 2011, Homemaking, Learning on Apr 25th, 2011
We’ve all been dreaming of them for such a long time, and now they’re finally here!! 3 fuzzy little day-old Indian Runner ducklings came home with us this past Wednesday.
The duckings are just about the cutest things we’ve ever seen!! They’re comical, inquisitive, interested in people, and love to snuggle their little heads in the [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Homemaking on Apr 4th, 2011
Things are crazy busy here at the moment, so I’ll just drop in to say that there’s an interview with me and some other ladies (including author Harriet Fasenfest) on the topic of Radical Homemakers in this month’s Metro Parent (you can read the article for free by following the link – we’re on page [...]
Posted in BCS Teaching Garden/SotE Urban Farm 2011, Giveaways, Homemaking, Knitting on Mar 16th, 2011
Well, somewhere I’m going to have to find some time to knit this, because I’m going to give one away via the Salt of the Earth Urban Farm Facebook page! When we hit 100 likes, I will randomly select one of those 100 folks to win a mason jar cozy in their choice of colors. [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Homemaking, Moderation and Economy, Our home on Nov 30th, 2010
When entering our home, there is no coat closet, or even much of an entryway to speak of. Our kids tend to walk in the door and immediately dump their coats on the floor. And, of course, the dog promptly makes a nest in them and takes a nap. Even if they take their coats [...]
Posted in Homemaking, Moderation and Economy, Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2010
My sister and I have talked about making homemade laundry soap for years – it’s so much more economical, and environmentally friendly, plus it’s so easy to make. I’d shied away from it because, frankly, the laundry soap my friends were making looked like snot, and I wasn’t up for it.
Then, a friend told me [...]
Posted in Crafting, Homemaking, Learning, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Jul 31st, 2010
The children went to a Storybook Costume Ball with their cousins last night. We had a two-day scramble to throw together some costumes, but we pulled it off just in time! Here’s a little bit on what we made:
Little Hen wanted to be Amphitrite, the Queen of the Ocean, wife of Poseiden, in Greek [...]
Posted in Building Community, Homemaking, Learning, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Jun 26th, 2010
It’s late June at Salt of the Earth Urban Farm (home of the BCS Teaching Garden)! Finally, some warm weather (mid-upper 70’s) has settled in (the tomatoes, summer squash and bush beans look much happier) and everything is flourishing.
The harvest is increasing – every week, we are taking a few dozen cartons of organic [...]