Homestead :

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Things are definitely winding down for the year at the Trailer Park Homestead.  I processed the last of the free pears from the house up the street the other day, my cucumbers are almost all done, and I'm probably going to lose the area that[...]

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After Sunday morning's frost, a new wave of beautiful weather began!  Now we are looking at the possibility of 80s by the end of the week again!  I've been taking advantage of this gorgeous weather to start fall cleanup in the garden and[...]

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For about the last week and a half, we've had temperatures around 80 degrees...in Michigan...in mid-October.  Note that we've already had a couple frosts.  But now the weather's been playing at summer again.  In some[...]

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Not permanently, of course, but I am giving up on a lot of my plants for the year.  I put a couple of the formerly controversial beds to rest yesterday by pulling out the remaining cucumber and watermelon plants.  They didn't have[...]

Robert Is Here

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I was down in South Florida for a weekend and decided to do some sightseeing. My first stop was the Coral Castle . It was definitely an interesting place to stop, but they pushed too much of the woo with their theories of how the place was built.[...]

English Muffins

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Image via Wikipedia   English muffins are amongst the most popular breakfast foods . Quick and easy to eat, they can be as simple as a muffin-with-jam to all-dressed-up with ham, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce for an elegant[...]

Image of The Day ~ Napa Valley Grapes

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Napa Valley Grapes F ruit of the vine, ready for the picking, will it make a fine wine ever before it’s time? W ho is to say where these grapes will play, in the oak, the bottle, the[...]

Image of The Day ~ Tomatoes On The Vine

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Tomatoes On The Vine S ome green, some red, some ripe, some not is it really a fruit, I think not reminders of the garden I keep dreaming the homestead we are working little by little, a new plot added here[...]

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I've been keeping people informed with what's going on at the Trailer Park Homestead since it was first created and people always tell me how inspiring it is to see what I'm doing.  I figure if others share what they are doing on their homestead[...]

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Berber, or Berberé is an Ethiopian spice blend that has many variations.  These variations would be up to the cook in the family and varied a bit from family to family.  Fenugreek and cayenne pepper are essential and must be present in[...]