Planning Stages
Since, life has me working a rather unpredictable schedule we haven’t made it back out to our little piece of paradise. So, we are at a stage of planning that can’t move too much farther forward without going to the…
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Homesteading in the Modern era
A new adventure awaits!
This week mom and I closed on our little piece of future history. We are now the proud owners of a hunting cabin on a bit of land with a well and a few other amenities already in. We bravely…
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Limey Braised Broccoli Leaves & Stalk
This is not my original recipe. This recipe is from Arielle Clementine’s blog. View the original here.
Diana’s Homestead Stuffing & Dressing
As Thanksgiving fast approaches, I’m once again in the midst of my preparations for MY personal favorite holiday. What can I say? It’s a holiday that puts our focus on good food, family and being thankful for the things that…
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Diana’s Homestead Stuffing & Dressing
This is a tasty herbed bread recipe that I use to make homemade stuffing or with a change of herbs homemade croutons for a fraction of the price of buying them at the grocery and with real food ingredients.
Quick Herbed Bread
Quick seasoned bread recipe for use in stuffings and dressings.
Growing Citrus in the Pacific Northwest
I put together this slideshow and handout as part of presentation for the classes I’m taking in Sustainable Urban Agriculture at Edmonds Community College. The classes have been very informative so far and I’ve learned a lot and also learned…
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Blondie’s Necropsy Report
So, as I posted about I did take Blondie’s corpse down to Puyallup to have a necropsy performed on her. They were very nice and very professional. I dropped her off after filling out paperwork that included breed, age, diet,…
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Trellising, part deux
Today, feels sorta non-productive and yet it was productive. Do you have days like that? Where you feel like you have very little to show for the amount of work you did? I got one more trellis built, this required…
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New Wind Turbine Design
I’m one of those people who loves to research alternative technologies that could potentially make my life on the ‘stead easier and more self-sufficient. In my wanderings on wind power I came across this new turbine design which is pretty cool. I…
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