Serious Nesting
It’s hitting me more and more that in a few short weeks there will be a baby living here. The […]
Upcoming Event: Eugene Home & Garden Show
This Sunday at 1pm I will be speaking and signing copies of my book, Modern Homestead, at the Eugene Home
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books, events, modern homesteading
Farmy Baby Shower
Graduate school gives you a shortage of both time and money. Yet somehow, my classmates in Eugene put together a
New Year, New Bathroom
It’s a new era for us in our Portland house and time for some updates. We plan to be here
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green living, home, projects
Portland, I’m Home!
Whose idea was it to move from Eugene to Portland while I am seven months pregnant? Oh, right… it was
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backyard livestock, chickens, ducks, green living, home
Friendsgiving
There are too many great photos to share from our Thanksgiving spent with friends, or Friendsgiving, this year. So fewer
Thanksgiving Prep
Thanksgiving falls at a weird time in my graduate school schedule. It’s always the week before our final studio design
Visiting New Chicken-Keepers
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the backyard of Brian and Tara, thirty-something parents who just started keeping chickens.
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backyard livestock, books, chickens, modern homesteading
First Mushroom Foray
I enjoyed my first foray into the world of mushroom hunting recently. Mushroom hunting has been on my “to-do” list
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cooking, foraging, harvest, mushrooms, recipes
Dog Attack = Chicken Dinner
My chickens have never been great jumpers, probably because they are fairly lazy and spoiled. My neighbor’s chickens, however, are
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backyard livestock, chickens, harvest, locavore