Our Thanksgiving Turkey
We are celebrating Thanksgiving quietly this year in Eugene and are excited to spend less time on I-5 that day […]
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green living, locavore, modern homesteading
Crooked Beaked Chicken
My sister raised a new batch of hens this past September and I was with her and my nephew when
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backyard livestock, chickens, modern homesteadingHome Sweet Home
We made it back safe and sound to Oregon! Look for a couple more posts in the next week or
Busy Spring Chickens
My flock of urban chickens have had quite the busy and productive Spring this year. They enjoyed free-ranging in the
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backyard livestock, chickens, egg recipes, harvest, modern homesteading
Bantam Adventure
We have some new, temporary residents on our little urban homestead: bantam chickens! Bantams are nicknamed “banties” for short and
Dinner with Ruth
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a brief blog post about having dinner with Ruth Reichl, the editor-in-chief for Gourmet
Harvesting January
Everything outside is either dead or sleeping (well, except the chickens of course), but we are nowhere near empty here
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canning, cooking, farmers market, food forest, food preservation, harvest, locavore, modern homesteading, recipesOverrun with Asian Pears
When my mother was looking for a new house several years ago, one of the many things she wanted was
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cooking, food preservation, harvest, modern homesteading
Farewell Steve
I am looking forward to a Sunday evening when I am not butchering livestock in my backyard. For the past
Typical Spring Evening
I can see how my routines look awfully strange to people sometimes. When I recap my weekend, for example, it’s
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backyard livestock, chickens, modern homesteading, potatoes, random