Living a Simple Life
Making Flakey Farmhouse Cheddar: Homemade Cheese
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
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.
We’re in the Denver Post Today
We are in the Denver Post today in an article about Urban Homesteading. To be honest, I feel a bit like a fraud being called an “urban homesteader”. We are not anywhere near where we want to be yet, and I don’t think we are worthy of that label. But if some others here in Denver read the article and decide to make even a small change then I’m all for it.
Zip-It: The Eco Friendly, Healthy Drain Cleaning Tool
The video below will demonstrate how easy it is to unclog bathroom sink and bathtub drains using a simple plastic tool that lasts years and costs under $5 on Amazon. It’s called the Zip-It drain cleaner and is the best kind of tool for the job – SIMPLE.
The Full Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’ve often seen this passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Ode to William H. Channing used on Simple Living or Voluntary Simplicity blogs. But they always take it out of context and just say “Things are in the saddle and ride mankind”. When you read the entire poem, you understand that “things” are meant to include more than just color televisions, and if we were to literally try to get off the saddle we’d have to be naked with no possessions. Simple living isn’t so simple, really, when you include plants, animals and other things that you have to take care of.
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