Guest Post – Defending Your Flock from the HOA

With chickens becoming more and more popular some people are running into problems with their HOA bylaws. Most of the time the problems stem from lack of knowledge about chickens that is spread through misinformation. Chickens are not any noisier, stinkier, or more likely to spread disease than the family dog. I personally don’t live…

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Monday’s Guests – Rabbit Liver Pate

Today’s post comes from Kitty over at Havenscourt Homestead. She graciously gave us some of this delicious pate this weekend to try out. I’m a fan of liver in general sauteed up with some garlic – yum! But if you don’t like eating liver you may still like pate.  ————————————————————————- Rabbit Liver Pate Mention liver…

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Monday’s Guests – My First Year as an Urban Farmer

This week’s post is from Stacy G. from West Sacramento who has the blog In Search of the Finer Things. She discusses why she became an urban farmer and what that first year was like .——————————————————— Tomatoes were the gateway drug. There I was, a young footloose apartment dweller with no lawn, no pets, no…

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Monday’s Guests – Grow Us a Garden

Today’s post, which is usually run on Monday is coming to us on Tuesday. It comes from Meriah Nichols who runs the blog Doozedad. She blogs about her urban homesteading with a disability slant as she’s deaf and her daughter has Down syndrome. This is her story in pictures (with some text of course). By…

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Monday’s Guest – Mel’s Urban Farm Story

Mel, who runs the blog Pollo Loco, shares her urban farming story and photos with us. Our journey towards more self sufficiency started in earnest when we bought our first home in 2005, but in spring of 2010 we had the opportunity to purchase the home I grew up in from my parents.  The first thing…

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Monday’s Guests – The Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture

Today’s guest post comes from Jeremy Fordham, a contributing writer for Online PhD Programs. The Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture The Earth is a vast place, but the materials that make up the Earth (soil, minerals and water) are finite and non-renewable resources. Agricultural practices of the last 70 years have caused the depletion and contamination…

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