This year has by far been the best in terms of my garden. I have totally jumped on the Urban Homestead bandwagon (like a lot of people) and I have to say that it’s kind of exciting that this way of living is becoming more popular. I am giving serious thought about chickens and after [...]
Author Archives: Erica
Pencil Skirt Sew Along
I am currently participating in the Pencil Skirt Sew Along hosted by the lovely Cupcake Goddess and I spent a good portion of last weekend clearing out my messy office to make room for the sewing machine. Now the office is even messier than it was before (how did that happen?) as I have magazine [...]
Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream with Creme Cookies
I am so happy to introduce my very first guest blogger, Vanessa Rosage, the purveyor of the awesome food blog Pure Hunger. I met Vanessa back in March, as we were both new members of the Wendell Berry Community garden. She shortly announced the happy news that she and her husband Brandon, were expecting a [...]
Shortcrust Pastry: Part One
We’ve had a cool patch of weather lately which meant I could turn on the oven again, and I took the opportunity to experiment with shortcrust pastry (my baking nemesis). I am determined to conquer it! I don’t have a food processor, which makes this dough challenging to put together. I have a mini-processor that [...]
Too much to do
The look on her face pretty much sums up what I have been feeling lately. Can you say “Bah! Humbug!” In July? Actually it’s not that bad, I am just not getting some of the things done that I want to, which is always frustrating. What kinds of things are on my list? Finish tiling [...]
