Archive for April, 2011

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April 30, 2011, No comments

Tweet Or, the day our new-to-us chicken coop caught on fire as escaped chickens ran around the yard. Here is the account of our crazy day as best as we …

The Other Coast cartoon by Adrian Raeside

Another Dozen

April 25, 2011, 5 Comments

Tweet In this funny cartoon by Adrian Raeside, laugh at self-sufficiency topics like grow-your-own food, solar panels and raising your own chickens.

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Urban Homesteading Workshop

April 21, 2011, 4 Comments

Tweet Today I had the pleasure of leading a workshop about urban homesteading entitled Homesteading: Simple, self-sufficient living. The workshop was ...

Feathered Star quilt piecing

Quilt Holes

April 15, 2011, No comments

Tweet The following story is an inspirational note a friend posted on Facebook recently. She said it was forwarded to her in one of those e-mail chain ...

  • We re-purposed the urban chicken run as a nice brooder in the garage.
    New Brooder
    April 9, 2011, 2 Comments

    Tweet Our 22 little chicks are already a week old and getting new feathers each day. Needless to say, 22 adolescent chickens will quickly outgrow a large plastic container (especially ...

  • An apple a day
    Apple Trees!!!!
    April 9, 2011, No comments

    Tweet Due to our never-ending quest for self-sufficiency we decided to invest in what will be, Lord willing, the first trees of a small orchard planned for our property. Thanks ...

  • Brown eggs in a bowl
    Hatch Day
    April 1, 2011, 3 Comments

    Tweet Got up and dressed early today. One kid up, one kid sleeping. Put on a pot of coffee and now I’m tapping my fingers on the counter top … ...