Happy May, my dear blogging friends and family. If Spring has arrived in your part of the world, I hope nature is doing her thing and providing a restorative balance for you. Ahhhh, there’s nothing like the feeling of warm sunshine on our faces, fresh air in our lungs and being surrounded by Spring’s beauty. …
~A successful garden, full of abundance includes diversity of plants, where no weeds thrive~ Lee Reynolds Thanks for coming to visit my blog today. While I want to chat about harvesting garlic, sharing my strawberry shortcake recipe and growing a productive raspberry patch, there are weeds of racism growing all over the world and I …
Don’t you just love fall? I know I was reluctant to greet this season, since I felt I hadn’t experience enough summer…. But like any good friend who you haven’t seen for a long time, you connect immediately and pick up where you left off. Hello fall. I’m so happy to see you again! …
“Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest also of joy.” ~William Gurnall~ I won’t lie, the first day of fall was not a joyful one for me. It’s not that I don’t love the autumn season, for I do. Ah, the cooler days with the fresh smell …
My husband David and I are building a wall. It’s in our back yard, behind the house we built twenty five years ago. Our house sits on a third of an acre, on a sloping hillside property above Kalamalka Lake, which National Geographic has claimed to be one of the ten most beautiful lakes in …
“Love is the bridge to you and everything.” ~ Rumi~ We are off on our summer camping holiday tomorrow but before I go, I wanted to write a quick post to share something with my blogging friends and family. Tomorrow will be David and my 35th wedding anniversary. Yes, on July 31, 1982 we …
Welcome to my homestead! Gates are a big things around here lately. They keep things in and they allow others to move through them with ease. I hope your summer’s gate is opening gently. Gates allow us to enter an new experience…sometimes that experience is AHHHH! the chickens got out! I don’t know about …
Broccoli and Three Cheese Quiche, New Chicken Run and a Family update Read More »
Welcome! So nice to see you…. Thanks for coming to visit today. I’m sorry I’ve been in ex-communicado. In the last month, A LOT of stuff has been going on at the homestead. Of course, Easter came and went. The kids above, William, Victoria and Kathryn with their eggs they decorated and my classic …
“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!” ~Thomas Wentworth Higginsons~ That quote was written by a man who was a minister, author, abolitionist and soldier. He lived from December 22, 1823 until May 9, 1911 and spent much of his life, devoted to fighting …
Okay, so you’re probably wondering what homemade salsa has to do with mental health. Well, if you hang in there, I hope I can make the connection by the end of my blog post but first, I want to tell you what’s been going on around here. Did you know that October 2 – …
~There is always enough, when love is present~ The long, lazy days of summer are still with us but our roosters are not. It was a sad day when we had to say goodbye to our three roos. Knowing they were going to a good home in the country made us feel marginally better. …
Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart. ~Mandy Harrison What devoted blog readers you are to come and visit today. Thank you! I’m sorry I haven’t …
Yes, I know, April 22th, the official earth day was several weeks ago but don’t you think everyday should be Earth Day? A day to celebrate our home. It continues to give us clean water in many parts of the world and enough food to eat. The earth continues to amaze us with its’ beauty …
The light is changing in my part of the world. The days are getting longer, warmer and I am opening gently, like the first blossoming flowers in spring. I’ve watched the changing seasons for many years now, the lines on my face etched like a wrinkled road map, showing all the places I’ve traveled, but …
A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb Spring literally flew by for me with hardly a moment to think, let alone time to reflect and write a blog post. I missed you all though. I started working at my gardening gig on Earth’s day, April 22nd. An appropriate day to …
This is a view of the lake outside of the cafeteria A week ago today, D and I were listening attentively to all the speakers (there were 8 in total) at our local Urban Farm Symposium. The location could not have been better, as we were in the cafeteria at our local College, which is …
Food for Thought….A Day at our Urban Farm Symposium Read More »
It’s TGIF day (thank God it’s Friday)! I feel like I have to spell out that acronym since my 15 year old didn’t have a clue when I said it this morning. He is always making fun of me for my lack of social media expertise and other computer tech skills but there are still …
Lately, most of my blog posts have been about things that inspire me and I could write from this place forever, BUT I don’t want to give you the wrong impression about my homestead. Behind every inspiring moment there is a ton of work going on. I don’t know about you but I’m a list …
Another year of reading has begun. Last night was my first book club meeting for the year. Our book club year starts in September and concludes in June. We take the summer off to read our own material. Most of my summer reading was on the subject of homesteading. I LOVED the book called, “Chickens …
Look what I have found in my garden this summer? This was the first one I found in my garden. EVER! And look where I found it. I know hey, a jumble of pumpkin, raspberry bushes, somewhere under there are also potatoes growing in containers …but then cantaloupes have been discovered too. This mysterious …
Yum! I love basil pesto. One basil plant growing in my garden…I have lots! I discovered my love for pesto when my new friend Susan, whom I met while working at D.S. Gardens this past spring, brought it to our employee luncheon party. Although the picnic table was loaded with delicious and healthy food, …
Welcome to Lakelin Reach Urban Homestead. It’s late August and everything is over flowing and some things, like our tomatoes are requiring daily harvesting and processing. Now I’m questioning whether 16 plants was too many for our family of 10, well actually, soon to be a family of 8 living in our home now …
What do you think is the most important part of a homestead? In my opinion it’s soil. In order to grow the most productive garden for our needs we need to produce it in fertile soil. So I thought one of my first posts would be on that topic. Our home was built on land …