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This site documents my many adventures in urban homesteading in Seattle, Washington. I am fortunate to live in a very urban city that is growing exponentially (20,000 people moved to Seattle within the...
View ArticleTomato-Crazy
Ripening Golden Jubilee I may have gone a little tomato-crazy this year when I started seedlings indoors for the first time. The seed racks at the co-op were filled with amazing heirloom varieties...
View ArticleCanning Salsa and Making Plum Honey Wine
It’s been a very busy week. Everything is suddenly ripe and screaming to be harvested and processed into jam, sauerkraut, sauce, wine, and dried produce. I keep meaning to update and then I get sucked...
View ArticleMusings on the Autumn Equinox
It is harvest time, when we reap what we have sown all through the growing season. The first rains of autumn have come, and the slight chill in the air and golden quality of the light mean it is time...
View ArticleHarvesting the Hawthorn
Photo by Allison Moore Peel I was recently blessed to spend a weekend at the Women’s Permaculture Gathering at Camp Hamilton near Duvall, WA. During our trading circle time, I traded some of my...
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