Category Archives: Urban Homesteading

Guest Garden: Dr. MeowMix

My eternal lust for all things Dr. MeowMix will forever live on, spurred on by the delicious photographs of hers. Please go to her blog over there —–> here. I had to stop myself from wanting to post all of them. P.S. I have a … Read More

Adventures in Florida Immunization Religious Exemptions

Polio outbreak campaign, originally uploaded by coda. So today was David’s appointment at the Health Department to file for the girl’s Religious Exemptions for their Immunizations. Before you FREAK OUT and tell me what a terrible mom I am for not protecting my children, allow … Read More

Like, OMG…green is the new black!

I spent the last five minutes in my garden watching the ground move. No, it wasn’t sun stroke, I wasn’t dizzy…well, originally. But after I realized it was an inch and a half maggots nomming the rotten tomatoes I “fed” the bean plants last weekend … Read More

Baby Green Bean

Baby Green Bean, originally uploaded by shellgreenier. The beans are here…

Shucks…Instrutables loves us!

You love me, you really do. :) Instructables features us again. :) Yay! Check us out on the home page (as of today anyway).

Happy Fourth

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Tap, Tap, Tap… Is This Thing On?

…and working? Yes, the net is back. We’ve been re-tapped into the ‘tubes. It was heavy going there for a while. Updates: 1. Won 2nd place at instructables. Got the shirt, wore it in the garden, got it muddy, waiting on the mp3 player. ROCK! … Read More

I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts

I’ve got a lovely bunch of cocnuts, originally uploaded by shellgreenier. But it think it’s upside down. :( oh oh.

Divide and Conquer

Spending a lot of time in the garden recently. I’ve started dividing the plants, taking clippings to start and planting more seeds. It’s been super rainy and everything but the tomatoes are loving it. The tomatoes are hating it, in fact, they think they are … Read More

Urban Homestead Update

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