The a/c in my car has always been broken and I’m too cheap to fix it, and also ornery about spending too much time in the car to warrant making it more “comfortable.” We put window units in our bedrooms, though this year I opted out, because now we have ceiling fans. However, on a […]
I helped to kill and process a chicken.
So we did this yesterday. #urbanhomestead #chicken #grokon A photo posted by Vanessa aka Oystergirl (@theycallmeoystergirl) on Jul 4, 2015 at 4:55am PDT I celebrated the 4th of July by helping to kill a chicken, thereby invoking my freedom to further opt out of the Factory Farm Industrial Complex and become more self-sufficient. Actually it […]
Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Report #5 (Plus a Bit of Urban Foraging)
I’ve been a very bad blogger lately. I haven’t been the greatest gardener, either. This summer’s been crazy, partly because I got a “regular” job… which is great in a lot of ways but a total bummer in others. So this gardening update is long overdue. What else was overdue was supporting my tomato plants […]
Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Report #4
Sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain. A tough week for humidity, but lots of good light. Plenty of rain most nights. And that means one thing. Growth! Peppers, June 23 (left) and June 28 (right): Tomato plants, June 23 (left) and June 28 (right): Kale is coming along quite nicely. Herb garden is also chugging […]
Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Report #3
Well my friends, here in New England we have just experienced—with possibly more to come—off-and-on days of rain of nearly Arkian proportions. Things are greener and greener, though we haven’t had quite enough sun yet to see the massive growth spurts I’m sure we will. My garden’s still a little wind-blown and haggard, but I […]
Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Report #2
I haven’t done a gardening update in a while, because a lot didn’t really happen for a while. My egg-carton seedlings grew for a while then faltered, which is just what happened last year. Once the true leaves emerged, I fed them plant food—which I’d neglected to do last year—and it actually seemed to kill […]
Homemade Tooth Powder and Mouthwash
Check out my guest post over at Healthy Roots, Happy Soul for recipes for tooth powder, mouthwash, and a toothache remedy.
Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Report #1
This is my second year seriously trying to grow food. I give new meaning to the term “amateur.” I volunteered on an organic CSA farm (Heartbeat Community Farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio) a few years ago, but the only thing I got any good at was harvesting. It’s everything that happens beforehand that I’m hoping […]
Herbed Eggs and Greens Recipe
I harvested chard and herbs from my garden: For breakfast, I chopped up some of the chard: I coarsely chopped some herbs (oregano and sage pictured, plus chives): I sautéed the herbs in butter for a bit: I added the chard, with a bit of salt and pepper: While that was cooking, I added some […]
