Last year, after being sent a photo of some fabric paper towels by a friend, we decided to make some of our own to give away as gifts to family and friends! Not only were they a hit with everyone who received them, but we made some for ourselves and have used them every day since! Here’s the simple How-To……
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Keeping chickens over the past few years has been quite the adventure in both the actual keeping of chickens and in the human response to the fact that we keep chickens. Conversations are either based around confusion or excitement! I get questions all the time like; You can keep chickens in the city? Is it expensive to keep chickens? I’ve…
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Seeds are, in my mind, such a magical thing. The fact that an itty bitty seed contains the potential for so much life (and sustenance) never ceases to amaze me. Ever since we began on this urban farming journey of ours, I’ve been doing my best to learn how to save different varieties of seeds properly. Especially, tomato seeds…I have…
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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my tentative plans for the fall garden. Since then, I decided to move forward with the idea of starting our carrots indoors in toilet paper rolls with the intention of transplanting them (roll and all) into one of the beds in the front yard to overwinter as soon as I clear one of…
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MATERIALS: One recycled plastic 2-liter bottles (soda bottles are perfect), cotton string, scissors or an exact-o-knife, soil, seeds TIME FRAME: 30 – 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Carefully poke three holes in the top of your 2-liter plastic bottle Using an exact-o-knife or scissors, carefully cut your bottle in half Flip the top half of your bottle upside down (this is now…
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Well, we fixed our dryer yet again! This time it was the heating coil that busted and it was considerably more expensive to fix than the $4 part we purchased and put in two years ago ($75 with shipping), but it was more than worth it! Let me back up a bit. About a month ago, after the dryer finished…
