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7 Things You DON’T want on Your New Homestead (Guest post by @TheInspiredHome)

October 14, 2015 By Food Retro

7 Things You DON’T want on Your New Homestead (Guest post by @TheInspiredHome)

I am conferencing. So enjoy this piece from my buddy Holly 🙂 –Anne I recently moved from a rural suburban centre of 10,000 people, out into the country near a town of 1,000. We’ve had this dream of having our own little piece of property for awhile. (Maybe all outdoor people have it?).  We wanted…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Greenish Thumb Things, The Urban Homestead

3 Tips with Foraging With Kids

September 7, 2015 By Olga

I’ve been busy canning, preserving, cooking and basically dealing with fruit in rather large quantities. Many of said fruit came from our own backyard and many were eaten raw before I could even think what to do with them, but most of that ended up in jams, cakes, juices and I don’t even know what…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Greenish Thumb Things, Herb Lore Things, The Urban Homestead

Freezer Preserving Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

August 10, 2015 By Food Retro

Freezer preserving oven-roasted cherry tomatoes

It seems weird, I know, but I never got around to canning. I have, however, fallen solidly and madly in love with freezer preservation. In fact, freezer preserving oven-roasted cherry tomatoes is hands-down my favourite perk of gardening, and much of the reason why I continue doing it. Ever since I started up my planter…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: herbs, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, preserving, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian

15 Edible (and Delicious!) Rose Petal Recipes

July 20, 2015 By Olga

It’s July and the smell of roses is still in the air. You probably picture them on your window sill. On the table, in a vase. Given as a gift to someone you love. In fact, the rose is one of the most formidable flower there is, often called the Queen of Flowers.  But have…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead

5 Seed Starting Resources for the DIY Gardener

March 4, 2015 By Food Retro

I’ve pledged this year not to be such a slacker about organizing the garden. I know I’m still figuring things out and winter was terrible the last two years, but I could save so much money by starting my own seeds. And it’s time to get cracking on this, even though there’s still three feet of…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Greenish Thumb Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead, Uncategorized Tagged With: gardening, indoor gardening

The Urban Garden, 2014

July 4, 2014 By Food Retro

I didn’t say a lot about my garden for a while cause I had little to say, and suddenly there’s almost too much. My garden, a self-built cedar sub-irrigated planter (SIP) started a bit late due to lousy weather and a change of location. It was located on the badly-worn deck on the side of my…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: Health & Home, pests, sub-irrigated planter, The Urban Homestead, tomatoes

Homemade Wooden Self Watering Planters (A Comprehensive Guide)

February 28, 2014 By Food Retro

This is an amalgamation reposting of much of the information found on my site from last spring, and also part of the SIP 101 that I contributed to Homegrown.org. QUICK NAVIGATION Intro Important Notes Materials / Wood Cutting List Building Instructions Construction Photos Soilless Potting Mix Initial Fertilization and Starting Up Ongoing Feeding Pest control…

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Filed Under: Crafty Things, Greenish Thumb Things, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: how-to, Organic, pests, sub-irrigated planter, The Urban Homestead

Winter, go the heck away.

February 12, 2014 By Food Retro

We’re sitting here within the 3 month mark (11 weeksish!) until last frost date, and all I can do is look at the waist-high banks of snow in my front yard and think, yeah right. Three months is going to be forever. It’s been a long winter this year. Loooong winter. Loooooooooong. So long, in…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, The Urban Homestead

Winter Blue–I Mean, Greens

December 1, 2013 By Food Retro

I never thought I would say this, but I miss my garden. Working with plants is really growing on me. (Did you see what I did there?) I did manage to salvage my parsley and thyme from the garden before snow started falling. They were in a handy, transportable container which is now residing in my…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: indoor gardening, The Urban Homestead, winter

How to Grow Green Onions From Scrap – The Foolproof Guide

October 17, 2013 By Food Retro

 

Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: indoor gardening, Organic, The Urban Homestead

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