Make a charming smock from an old men’s shirt!
Archive for April, 2009
Make A Mushroom Smock: Recycle A Men’s Shirt
Posted in Sewing Projects, tagged sewing project, make a smock, sewing a smock, mushroom smock, mushroom applique, reusing, recycling clothes on April 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Is Making Your Own Clothes Economical?
Posted in Home Economics, tagged fabric, home sewing, economical sewing, make your own clothes, discount fabrics, fabric coupons, home sewing for less, sewing clothes on April 28, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Sewing your own clothes can be economical. An honest look at the cost of sewing your own clothes.
Cilantro, Bean, And Rice Salad
Posted in Spring Recipes, tagged bean and rice salad recipe, bulk ingredients, cilantro pesto recipe, pantry food, quick vegetarian dinner on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cilantro Bean and Rice salad is a great way to use spring harvests of fresh cilantro.
Pita Bread
Posted in Basic and All Season Recipes, tagged bread recipe, flatbread, how to make pita, pita bread on April 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Make fresh pita bread at home!
How To Preserve Citrus
Posted in Preserving, tagged preserving mandarins, prewerving citrus, salted lemons on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Preserving Citrus
By Riana Lagarde
When Life gives you Lemons
In the Orient’s colorful markets you will see bright and sunny foods reflective of the desert landscape: green and black olives all-shades from sand to khaki to midnight, heady spices in conical stacks of saffron-red, turmeric-yellow, and burnt-sienna coriander. I am a lemon fanatic—I can eat them [...]
Pantry Ideas: Using It Up
Posted in Preserving, tagged home preserving, pantry food, pantry ideas, Preserving, storing food, using your preserves on April 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The idea behind preserving food is to get us through the months of the year when good quality fresh produce is hard to come by. You stock up on all the things you are going to want to eat later on that are in season now. If you’re like me, that means that you froze [...]
Choosing Chicken Breeds For Backyard Flocks
Posted in Coop and Hutch, tagged backyard flock, best poultry breeds, choosing breeds for backyard flock, choosing chicken breeds, dual purpose breeds on April 13, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Choosing Chicken Breeds For The Back Yard Flock
Choosing what breed of chickens to get for your first flock can be confusing. There are a lot of different kinds to choose from and how will you know which ones are going to be right for you?
Start off by answering the following questions:
How many chickens will you [...]
April In The Kitchen Garden
Posted in Kitchen Garden, tagged April in the garden, April planting, kitchen gardening on April 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
April is a difficult month in the garden because it’s still cold enough in many places that snow is still falling in fits and although we see blossoms everywhere across the country telling us that the sap is flowing in the fruit trees and the soil is beginning to warm up, it still isn’t time [...]
Welcome To The Farmhouse Finishing School
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged about us, first post, introduction on April 10, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Long before the current recession hit us all in the face my friend Chelsea and I were getting excited about learning to do things like can jam and make quilts. We spent a lot of time together cooking and talking about projects we could do ourselves. She lives up in the hills in a rustic [...]
