tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:44:19 +0000ethicstoxinsfreeze yer buns 2008pig sharefinancesinterview Dave Wannfood waste challenge 2010communityguest postnaturefood waste challengeLocal for Thanksgivingmovie nightbuy nothing part deuxsustainabilitythermometer ladyextreme throwdownfreeze yer buns 2009canningvideopetsgreen booksdetoxrecipesNTA book clubapplesEd BegleyweatherjamLive EarthDefense of food discussioncrunchy chicken 101global warmingproduct reviewberriesconsumerismwasteaffluenza book discussiongreen festivalcrop weekNW meetupphilosophyurban homesteadinginterviewfridgeholidaysgreen buildingpollutionSNIG book clubfood safetyurban farmingsmackdownCrunchy Chicken merchandisefarm billbloggingeasy cheesepaleo dietcookinggarbageeducationGolden Partyfruitlocavorecraft challengeskillswhatcha plantinliqueurtomatoesLetting the Wolves Howlbuy nothinganimal vegetable miraclelemon treefrugal foodiesgreen is sexystaycationbook dealgreen washingcloth wipe challengewaterlocal food monthgreen moms carnivaldepletion and abundancegarlicgreen book weekpumpkinssleeping naked is greenbpa5MGGwater conservationecologypolling boothfrugal livingbetter off book clubCC cooksrecyclinghandmadesunday confessionalweedssimple livingporkcrunchy chicken tvparentingblog book tourpropssolar panelsfashionApril Fool'sorganicdivacupenergysix degreesgiveawaychickensgardeningdepletion and abundance book discussionlocal stuffcompostingsocial mediapeak oilfisherieskeep yer coolfood not lawns book discussionhealthmother earth newsCC TVfood preservationbook giveawaykid picstransportationgreen holidayspioneer week 2010materialismbody careCO2 reductionhomesteadingsummer Saturdayclean energybackyard bootywomens healthanimal rightstravellaundryDivaCup challengegreenwashingfreeze yer bunsplasticbook excerptbookshelfindependence daysDivaCup 2008blogger awardhumorbeveragesoilfarmer interviewThe Perfect Mealroundupsilly posteconomyrandom shitschoolhumanitarianclimate changecloth wipe challenge 2009food not lawnsproject green searchgrass fedcraftnon-toxiclaundry challengebook reviewa brand new Dickflowerseco hottiegenetic engineeringcleaningcloth wipe challenge part deuxwildlifefreeze yer buns 2010voting boothmediawinnerblackberry winegeoengineeringearth dayNTA book reviewjuicinghomemadethe green bookpressfood storageclimateno poo experimentfundraisingurban homesteading giveawaySeattlebuy hand holidayswater challengefreeze yer buns 2011environmentalismactivismcelebritiesnatural beautylow impact weekbean inoculantedible landscapingstop drillingbeautysewingback to the basicsfood wastegluten freeedible weedswordlesspotatoesNOWASTEsurvival seriesSustainable Food Budget Challengepioneer weekscience fridayagriculturesoapconservationpersonalwastewatervacationpoliticsmission: sustainablefarmingbuy nothing 2009bike transportationbook clubcheese makingLHBCdogfrontier housenatural medicinebaconbackyard beesrunningknittingbeekeepingpestsfoodsolar in seattleO.D. book discussionrandom stuffhoopingA.V.M. book discussionseed startingfair tradeforagingamerican dreamLiving with EdPioneer Skillsheatinghard apple cider<b>Take one</b> average middle-class 4 person family.<br> <b>Reduce</b> energy consumption, CO2 emissions and impact on the environment.<br> <b>Add</b> growing their own food, cancelling their housecleaners and landscaper and making instead of buying pre-packaged. <br> <b>Equals</b> recipe for success? Or just a whole lot of arguments?http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/noreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)Blogger1250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-1427888054196923938Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:01:00 +00002013-03-06T16:40:45.671-08:00 2013 Mazda3 Grand Touring with SkyActiv I come from a family of car fanatics. My brother, Chris, is the talent and creator behind the television show, Motorz, as well as the exclusive automotive tool spokesperson for Sears Automotive and Tools. If you get the Sears catalogs, his mug is on half the automotive pages. My oldest brother, Brett, is an owner of a Porsche and a Ferrari and raceshttp://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/03/2013-mazda3-review-40-mpg-in-perfect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8828509276372625072Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:30:00 +00002013-01-12T20:47:35.927-08:00As some of you know, my husband has a blood cancer. Multiple myeloma, to be exact. Over the last five years, he's undergone constant chemotherapy that has only been interrupted by a year of tandem stem cell transplants. A friend of mine's son was recently diagnosed with leukemia and I had a few words of advice for him but felt that it was worth posting it for everyone's use. As rates of cancer http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/what-to-expect-when-your-loved-one-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-1641032271204776237Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-01-08T00:00:21.717-08:00 Every couple of years I like to ask these personal hygiene questions since I'm always curious to see the answers. I do this because there is such a huge focus in our culture on bathing and bath products and sterilizing everything that I wonder how much that advertising infects our consciousness. And our pocketbooks. One thing that always sticks in my mind is the commercials from the late 1970shttp://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/personal-cleaning-habits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6184483324730255676Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-01-07T00:00:18.418-08:00 My brother, Mr. Seattle Foodies himself, came over for New Years dinner. He showed me how to cook down a huge amount of chard in a little amount of time. I have been doing it wrong all these years. The trick turned out to be that you cook it at high temperatures. Here's the quickie rundown... What you'll need: chard (also works well with kale) garlic olive oil lemon salt and pepper crushed http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/super-fast-chard-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-668199116517016975Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:30:00 +00002013-01-05T14:31:26.972-08:00I'm always fond of gardening voyeurism so I thought I'd share what mess our garden currently is in. In the far back, against the fence (from left to right), there's lavender, oregano, mint, rosemary and chives. The spindly tree in the blue pot is a sweet bay. And off to the right (out of frame) is thyme and sage. Paco loves to poop in the thyme. Bad chihuahua. Starting with the back row: http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/what-winter-garden-looks-like-right-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-176286964614158271Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-01-04T00:00:19.037-08:00We live in an area of Seattle that is not known for its urban homesteading. It's known for its manicured lawns, manicured shrubbery (think Edward Scissorhands), lack of trees and covenants. Out of a community of roughly 360 homes, there are only a handful of us doing any kind of reasonable food gardening. There are a few homes that have solar panels, but we are routinely warned that if we want http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/urban-homesteading-with-neighbors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-573758763843371656Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-01-03T00:00:05.840-08:00 Since I haven't posted much in the last six months, I thought I'd keep you up-to-date on what I have and have not continued doing when it comes to my environmental and toxin-avoidance pursuits. And, I figured it just would be easier to just go ahead and list them: 1. We turned the heat up. After 5 years of Freezing My Buns off, I decided that turning the heat up a notch wasn't going to make http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/environmental-slip-n-slide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2938534316066768756Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-01-01T00:00:23.751-08:00 You may have noticed a serious dearth in blogging going on around here. I can't say that I'm going to pick it up yet again, but I thought I'd post since I'm on vacation and have a bunch of free time on my hands. I recently shut down the blog for a spell, in order to remove some of the more personal posts, in case you noticed. I'm not sure if I got them all, but I felt a little too much like my http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2013/01/happy-new-year-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3171700361764347359Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-12-31T16:00:17.023-08:00 Stealing the idea from the Lazy Homesteader, I thought I'd do a post! I know, shocker. Anyway, here are the Top 5 Posts of 2012 (from all of a few months I posted): 1. Most popular post from 2012: Top 10 Urban Farming Books. Since this post, there has been a veritable avalanche of urban homesteading-like resources out there, but these are some classics. 2. Most viewed post of the year: The http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/12/top-5-posts-of-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-976138362296022548Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +00002012-10-05T21:19:48.860-07:00 A couple people on Facebook were asking for this recipe and I figured it was just easier to post on my blog. So here we go.... First of all, I have to state for the record that I actually do not like applesauce. Of course, I grew up on industrial applesauce where there's no flavor, the texture is gritty and it has a metallic, off-taste to it. It's something I generally avoid. This recipe, http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/10/courvoisier-applesauce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6564785745551456101Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-08-15T05:00:07.069-07:00Letting the Wolves Howl This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl, covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the links for: Part 1: Poaching the Pack Part 2: Hunting Down the Killers Part 3: How to Skin a Wolf Part 4: Not Just the Wolves Part 5: The Sentencing and the backstory. The Sentencing When Bill White was indicted for wolf poaching in June 2011, he faced http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/08/letting-wolves-howl-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-7044811080475099260Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-08-14T05:00:00.095-07:00Letting the Wolves Howl This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl, covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the links for: Part 1: Poaching the Pack Part 2: Hunting Down the Killers Part 3: How to Skin a Wolf Part 4: Not Just the Wolves and the backstory. Not Just the Wolves Upon further questioning, Bill then stated that he did, in fact, know about Tom’s killinghttp://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/08/letting-wolves-howl-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6519242741730965156Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-08-14T09:49:52.929-07:00Letting the Wolves Howl This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl, covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the links for: Part 1: Poaching the Pack Part 2: Hunting Down the Killers Part 3: How to Skin a Wolf and the backstory. How to Skin a Wolf Skinning a wolf is a delicate and difficult process that usually is done inside an outbuilding or a shed to make sure http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/08/letting-wolves-howl-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8231447505528129493Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:00:00 +00002012-08-13T20:40:50.071-07:00Letting the Wolves Howl This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl, covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the links for: Part 1: Poaching the Pack Part 2: Hunting Down the Killers and the backstory. Hunting Down the Killers In late December 2008, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Special Agent Corky Roberts contacted the Alberta, Canada Departmenthttp://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/08/letting-wolves-howl-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-405942088864942754Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-08-13T20:40:00.200-07:00Letting the Wolves Howl Last summer I pitched a book to my publisher regarding the delisting of wolves from the Endangered Species list in 2011. I wanted to examine the issue from both sides of the coin - from an environmental standpoint as well as from the viewpoint of hunters/ranchers and others impacted by the growing population of wolves in several states in the U.S., covering the history and ecological aspects of http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/08/letting-wolves-howl-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9177051760175066184Sat, 05 May 2012 07:00:00 +00002012-05-04T20:17:43.252-07:00 I thought I'd start doing a weekend post with a wrap-up of useful things that sprung up during the week. Enjoy! 1. Just because you haven't heard enough yammering about the Diva Cup, here's a review from Surviving and Thriving on Pennies. Anything that involves vaginas and contains the phrase "squat and go treasure hunting for it" deserves a read. 2. Still trying to figure out how to sow http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/05/weekend-link-lovin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8248633418967158219Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-05-04T12:42:38.709-07:00 I've been reading a few books on cyber security lately (don't ask), specifically Cyber War by Richard Clark, and it has really got me thinking about how vulnerable the peoples of the United States are against a major network failure or attack. What I'm talking about is of the information kind - meaning the Internet and everything connected to it. And I'm not just talking about web content and http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/05/how-connected-are-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5495357343603608885Wed, 02 May 2012 23:30:00 +00002012-05-02T16:46:07.461-07:00 I'm so excited! I got news today that I've won a book award. I won a Silver in the Health/Medicine/Nutrition Category of the 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards for my book, The Non-Toxic Avenger, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, by New Society Publisher! Not only do I get a medal and certificate and medal stickers for putting on my book, but there's also an awards ceremony on June 4th, http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/05/2012-independent-publisher-book-award.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-553978413012189588Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 +00002012-04-30T21:11:01.124-07:00 Diane, of the blog, Big Green Purse, is hosting this month's Green Mom's Carnival on the impacts of climate change. I know all the other participants in the carnival are going to be covering the negative impacts of climate change so I thought, what the hell! Let's cover the positive points and how it benefits me, personally. Which is really what it's all about, no? 1. Carnival Cruises from http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/04/top-5-benefits-of-climate-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8732216198297591533Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:30:00 +00002012-04-30T17:00:03.004-07:00 A male friend of mine asked me the other day my thoughts on something he had been mulling over. He had experienced many times over the years what he described as a physical facial reaction by women that bordered on intense distaste over some really minor things. You know it, it's the look of disgust/exasperation/worthlessness shot your way by the fairer of the species when she doesn't like http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/04/do-women-genetically-own-bitchslap-face.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50988078222534401Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +00002012-04-26T17:12:38.255-07:00divacupWarning: Graphic Pictures Ahead I've been using the DivaCup for almost 5 years now. For those of you not in the know, the DivaCup is a silicone reusable menstrual cup. You slap it in, cup side upside, and empty it twice a day. And, yes, I've been using the exact same cup. Month after month. Year after bloody year. When I first started using it, the manufacturer advertised that it would last 20+http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/04/life-of-your-divacup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3799570199457070602Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-02-05T20:30:58.708-08:00NTA book clubWelcome to the first book club post for my book, The Non-Toxic Avenger: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! This is the first of seven posts and will cover Part 1 of the book, Laying It all Out. The format will be the same for each Monday's postings: review followed by discussion questions. If you have questions from the section outside what I'm mentioning here, feel free to ask! I'm splitting the http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/02/nta-book-club-part-1-laying-it-all-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-1195411487743617528Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-02-01T20:27:48.836-08:00baconpig shareporkTuesday night I prepared the pork belly that we got as part of our pig share using a maple brown sugar cure as described in The Urban Farmer Handbook. It went as such: 1. Rinse and pat dry pork belly 2. Mix equal parts coarse kosher salt, dark brown sugar and maple syrup (in this case I had 8.3 pounds of pork belly so I used 1/2 cup of each ingredient) 3. Rub mix all over pork belly 4. Place http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/02/how-to-make-maple-brown-sugar-cured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2866847223962001953Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-01-31T20:51:45.792-08:00pig shareagricultureMonday night our pig farmer was kind enough to pick up our half of a pig share from the butcher and deliver it to our front door. I ended up sharing a whole hog with Annette Cottrell from Sustainable Eats and the author of The Urban Farm Handbook after she hooked me up with Luke Conyac of Conyac Brothers' Farmstead. I had gone up to visit their farm a few weeks earlier to watch the hog http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/01/going-in-on-pig-share.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5560863765634846493Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-01-30T22:35:07.369-08:00urban homesteadingurban farmingchickensThe following is a guest post from Shannon Boling. Shannon was raised in the country and now lives in the city. An aspiring urban homesteader, she spends her time planning events for teachers across California when she's not gardening, canning, crafting, cooking or chasing her chickens, dog and cats. Shannon writes at the blog, Where is Shannon? Make sure you check it out! And, thanks to Shannonhttp://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2012/01/defending-your-chickens-against-hoa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Crunchy Chicken)7