Living a Simple Life
Q&A With Joel Salatin
This interview with Joel Salatin was originally published on one of my other websites – US Recall News. The questions center around food safety for that reason.
On Community
You can be surrounded by millions and still be alone.
Although I run an “urban” homesteading group at the moment (this one), I must confess that we have purchased a small farm in rural Virginia to which we plan on moving at some point in the not-so-distant future.
A Day’s Harvest from Our Urban Farm
It’s not enough to feed a nation, but certainly more than enough for two people. It looks like I’ll be sending some beans over to my neighbors.
In the picture:
- Green Beans
- Giant Snow Peas
- Roma and Cherry Tomatoes
- Raspberries
- 3 Pickling Cucumbers
- 2 Zuchinni
- Lettuce greens
- Garlic Scapes
- Green Onions
- Parsley
- Cilantro
- Basil
How To Make Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese
The video below is of a class I taught for the Denver Urban Homesteading Group last month called Cheesemaking 101. It should help get you started if you want to learn how to make your own farmhouse cheddar cheese.
How To Make Cheddar Cheese
Solar Oven Review Video
A review of the Global Sun Oven by Sun Ovens International. I made this video at a recent group picnic in Denver, Colorado:
A Few Things to Check Out…
I am totally swamped these days with the Homesteading Group, turning my front yard into a low-water, edible landscape, tilling up my back yard, taking care of the animals, working at work, working on my own websites at home, buying a farm in Virginia… It’s crazy! But that’s the way I like it. 
Canning 101 PDF Guide: How to Get Started Canning – Pressure and Water Bath Methods
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
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.
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