We've been using the Penguin soda maker from SodaStream for about three years now, mostly for making sparkling water that we add our o...

This Friday, a local TV camera team is coming to my house to film a segment on this year's Freeze Yer Buns Challenge to cover some brie...

Congratulations to the winner of the book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer ! And the winner is: Oxray Farm ! Please send your co...

This weekend wraps up the fourth week of October's Hang 'Em Dry Challenge where you can pledge to line or otherwise air dry all you...

I'm getting quite overdue on a good waxing mostly because I haven't had the time to do it myself and I hate spending the money on ha...

I have to say, I really enjoyed the book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer . I started reading it earlier this year and it's ...

Last June, before we left to spend three weeks travelling through the sweaty and humid East Coast, I decided to get something done that I ot...

I can't believe it's already time for the fourth annual Freeze Yer Buns Challenge. I also can't believe it's my fourth year ...

This weekend wraps up the third week of October's Hang 'Em Dry Challenge where you can pledge to line or otherwise air dry all your...

In light of my recent post about buying a cow share , I thought I'd ask the age olde question regarding whether or not you can call your...

Yesterday was an absolutely glorious fall day. It reminded me of one of the reasons why I moved back to the Pacific NW rather than staying i...

The two big questions that have come out of this challenge have been the logistics of effectively air drying laundry as well as how to keep ...

My husband and I discussed last night the possibility of buying a 1/2 cow and splitting it with my foodie brother. We have the chest freezer...

Today wraps up the initial round of body burden toxin testing that I'm doing as part of the research / project for the book I'm wri...

This weekend wraps up the second week of October's Hang 'Em Dry Challenge where you can pledge to line or otherwise air dry all you...

Okay, my girls are seriously slacking off. The first week we had them, the two that are laying were squeezing them out like clockwork. We go...

This month's Green Moms Carnival is hosted by Harriet Sugarman of Climatemama . She is new to the Green Moms Carnival and has arranged ...

I did it! I managed to finish Emma's quilt by the end of September. A while back I proposed a craft challenge to get people to finish t...

When I started this challenge, a number of people asked me why I was doing it in October when the weather is crappy, rather than during the ...

I did it. It's been a long time coming, but I actually managed to plant the garlic right on time this year. Three years ago I got it in ...