From the monthly archives: June 2011

How Living Without Electricity is the Means, Not The End

by Shannon on June 30, 2011 · 24 Comments · in sustainability & gardening

{a preview of our laundry set up, 3-year-old style} I was going to share our electricity-free laundry set up, but first I thought I would address a comment that mimics a few other questions I have gotten. This question and others are also addressed eloquently in Surviving Off Off-Grid, by the way. Hello, I enjoy [...]

On Being in Flux and Thriving in the Ordinary

by Shannon on June 28, 2011 · 7 Comments · in simplifying & frugality

I’m not sure when it happened, but recently I’ve been pulling further away from those things that aren’t the absolute bare necessities of life. This is evident in my less-than-usual frequency of posting here, but also in so many other facets of our life. The papa has taken two days off per week for much [...]

Seven Main Dish Salads for a Large Lettuce Harvest

by Shannon on June 22, 2011 · 12 Comments · in cooking & recipes

Right now our lettuce is going gangbusters. We haven’t quite mastered the art of successive plantings which means we are going to be eating a ton of salad in the next couple of weeks. So I came up with a list of all of the main dish salads we’ll be eating this week and next… [...]

Coconut Flour Rhubarb Muffins

by Shannon on June 21, 2011 · 12 Comments · in cooking & recipes

This recipes is for the northerners whose peas are just producing and whose rhubarb is finally winding up. That is, unless of course, those of you from the south are still finding rhubarb. I was given some rhubarb by a sweet friend of mine (hi Rene!) recently and a week later found it in my [...]

Eating Seasonally: An Interview at Keeper of the Home

by Shannon on June 15, 2011 · 4 Comments · in sustainability & gardening

Stephanie was kind enough to do an interview with me as she features my spring cookbook on her site Keeper of the Home. Her questions cover everything from what inspires the recipes to what motivates our journey to agrarianism to what struggles we have with eating seasonally. If you’re interested you can head over to [...]