I finally lost my patience with my junk drawer the other day. It is our catch-all for every little item that doesn’t have a proper home. I dump things in it when I want them off the kitchen counter. Clearly this system is not working. Isn’t this embarrassing (and stressful!!)? A few months back, Alan …
Organization is good, unless it gets in the way of living. The key to living more simply is to shed the things that aren’t important to you. If organization is something you feel you should do, rather than something that you want to do – then don’t obsess about it. Before we figure out how to get organized, the …
What is Urban Homesteading Without knowing anything else, I pictured container vegetable gardens on balconies in the inner city. I was pretty close. Urban homesteading is a variation on homesteading, but on a smaller scale. The smaller scale is necessary due to the limits on the amount of land (or deck or other space available …
What is Bokashi? Bokashi is a virtually smell-free way of creating a soil conditioner via fermentation (or pickling) of organic waste by micro-organisms in an anaerobic environment. How Does it Work? It’s really very simple. Here’s the two-step process: Step One Save up your waste in an airtight container and add the bokashi mix layer …
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Simple Tips to Get and Keep Your Pantry Organized Ever notice how easy it is for the pantry to get out of control? It’s so easy to just shut the door on the mess (at least it is for me). But it wasn’t making my life any simpler…I was re-buying items I already had (out …
I’m a huge believer in composting. But how do you handle composting with kids? I bet you know what I’m going to say (since I’ve written before about my love of a certain kind of composting). Yes! Worms! Granted a lot of kids love digging in the dirt (or a pile of rotting food), but it’s …
Back when I lived in Seattle, a friend mentioned one day how easy the worm bins he used were to make. I looked at him blankly…er – did you say WORM bins? He backed up a step and explained that he used worms to compost for him – also known as vermicomposting. He also told …