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About Me
- Wendy
- I'm growing roots, both figuratively and literally, in the suburbs of southern Maine with Deus Ex Machina, our great kids, a flock of suburban chickens, some whacky ducks, and a herd of rabbits.
Advance praise for Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs" by John Michael Greer, author The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age
In this eminently practical and thoughtful book, Wendy Brown takes on the challenge of exploring the options for surviving and thriving through hard times in the suburbs, and carries it off with aplomp. Highly recommended!
In this eminently practical and thoughtful book, Wendy Brown takes on the challenge of exploring the options for surviving and thriving through hard times in the suburbs, and carries it off with aplomp. Highly recommended!
A THRIVALIST IS ...
... what you get when you cross a survivalist with a optimistic realist ... who likes to grow things ;).
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Doomer Dinner Party
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- How I Spent My Winter Vacation
- The Art of Thrifting
- Is Fact Stranger than Fiction?
- Interview With A Rabbit Wrangler
- Date Night - "Thrivalist" style
- Cooking ... with Bennies
- Sometimes Worth Isn't Defined by Money
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- Convenience Stored Foods
- Book Review: Long Emergency
- Raising Urban Chickens
- Oh, Give Me A Home: One Woman's Journey to Adopt the Suburbs (Part I)
- A Rose By Any Other Name (Part II)
- Pass The Scoop, I Likes Me Some Ice Cream With My Cake (Part III)
- There Was No Fat Lady Singing (Part IV)
- Sustainable Suburbs: Fowl Language (Part V)
- Sustainable Suburbs: Self-Sufficiency (Part VI)
- Love Thy Neighbor (Part VII)
- Feeding the Suburbs (Part VIII)
HOME BREWED GOODNESS
Surviving the Suburbs Library
And the Skylark Sings with Me - Adventures in Homeschooling and Community-Based Education
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book)
The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide, Third Edition
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Sewage Solutions: Answering the Call of Nature
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
The Human-Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors
Green Remodeling : Changing the World One Room at a Time
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book)
The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide, Third Edition
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Sewage Solutions: Answering the Call of Nature
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
The Human-Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors
Green Remodeling : Changing the World One Room at a Time
The Gutenberg Project
The Creeping Crud(e)
My Very First Challenge = October 2009
Gadgets to Lower Your Impact
7 comments:
Happy chickens?
Happy compost pile?
Happy chickens, happy rabbits, AND happy compost pile. That said, the next plan is to use the peels and cores to make vinegar. That's the plan, but it hasn't been implemented, and so I don't have any answers on how, yet, but if/when it happens, I'll be sure to share my experience ;).
That would be great to make vinegar out of it. I've become super interested in it since I found out cider vinegar is great for stomach issues.
Forgot the rabbits. haha.
Oh, we could probably still share some with the rabbits. Afterall, they feed us ;).
I made apple syrup with the peels last year.. It was delicious!! My kids didn't like it though. Just take the peels and shove 'em in a pot, add about a cup or 2 of water and let it boil. Strain the peels and then to the water you're supposed to add sugar, I think, I have to look up the recipe again. I plan to make it again, for me, because -I- liked it.
I made a bunch of apple syrup this year too...by mistake. I was hoping for apple jelly. Ah well. It's delish on waffles!
I immediately thought "apple butter" when I saw the pic!
Kaye, that's funny! Often my strawberry jam is a little syrupy - but my girls still manage to make it into sandwiches ;).
This just occurred to me: I wonder if anyone has tried apple juice concentrate from the peels? Can it like you do applesauce, and then when ready to use, dilute it with water (or fizzy water??) and drink .... Hmm? I may have to try this.
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