Strawberries are the quintessential taste of summer. And when I think of strawberries, I think of childhood. Hot summer nights. Riding in the pickup truck to town. Dusty roads. Windows rolled down. T-shirt with cut-off jean shorts. And the local mom-n-pop restaurant that stayed open late on summer evenings. Orders were placed for cold treats […]
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Cook a Flour Tortilla to Perfection
I have a love affair with southwest cuisine. The flavors. The textures. The aromas. This is comfort food at its best. For me, one item is the first to come to mind when I am ready to tuck into a perfectly prepared southwestern plate of food. It is the humble tortilla. Over the years, tortillas […]
Green Your 2015: Eco Jarz Giveaway
Are you looking for a way to green this year? We are skipping the plastic bottles and using these lids. Now while that doesn’t sound like a big deal, this product allows you to skip the plastic and use a wide mouth canning jar as the container. This lid fit my Mason, Kerr, and Ball […]
How to Remove Honey Frames
Late summer/early fall signals many things. It heralds the changing of colors in the tree canopies. The end of the warm season crops in the garden. Cool evenings. And for beekeepers, it’s the time when they can pull honey frames from their hives. Removing honey frames is the first step in collecting honey at the […]
Aprons: From Functional to Fashionable
When aprons first made their appearance in the domestic kitchen, it was to serve a purpose…to keep the wearer clean. At that time, most clothing was handmade and took hours to construct, so if an article of clothing became stained, it was not a matter of simply tossing it out and running down to the […]
Grow Your Blog 2014
This post is for the Grow Your Blog 2014. It is an international event! This post is to welcome new visitors and share a little about me and our urban homestead. Please check out our archives and if you like what you see, please sign up to follow the blog. You can also follow us […]