Archive for ‘Simple Living’

Canning 101 PDF Guide: How to Get Started Canning – Pressure and Water Bath Methods

By Mr. Simpleton, 9 June, 2009, 1 Comment

We recently had a Canning 101 Class as part of our Denver Urban Homesteading group and Terri, our gracious teacher, was kind enough to give me a PDF file to share with everyone. Click the link below to access the Canning Guide PDF file. You can right-click and choose “Save As” to save it to your computer and view it later.

Making Flakey Farmhouse Cheddar: Homemade Cheese

By Mr. Simpleton, 28 May, 2009, 1 Comment

Despite being part of the “simple living” lifestyle – like most things involved in living a simple life, making cheese is anything but “simple”.

I am teaching a cheesemaking class next week and wanted to get up the instructions in case anyone needed to print them out.

First Harvest of the Season

By Mr. Simpleton, 27 May, 2009, 1 Comment

first-harvest A couple dozen big radishes and a bowl full of mixed greens. May 27, 2009. I was harvesting some root crops that were planted last year as early as January, but this is the First Harvest of the Year for things planted in 2009.

This Video Is Way Too Long…

By Mr. Simpleton, 19 May, 2009, No Comment

Next time I’ll be more ruthless when it comes time to cut the crap out of the video, but if you’re looking to waste 8 minutes watching my new bees make themselves at home you’ll be rewarded in the end with a view inside the hive a few weeks later.

Bees Behind My Knees

By Mr. Simpleton, 8 May, 2009, No Comment

(LEFT) Me proudly showing off the Top Bar Bee Hives I built last month.

Picture from a story about urban homesteaders in the Denver Post.

We're not technophobes or Luddites. We simply believe that people have lost some important things in the march toward progress. That is not to say progress and simplicity are mutually exclusive. We believe we can have both, and this site catalogs our journey as we try to do exactly that.

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