tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65155911936571529192024-02-20T09:06:51.613-08:00The Urban Organic Homesteading ExperimentDocumenting trials, errors, and experiments in the midst of a lifestyle paradigm shift.
Sharing practical, accessible, fast, and simple projects.
Pointing out valuable resources.
Reflecting in lyrical prose.Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-3365650705456448922014-02-10T10:01:00.002-08:002014-02-10T10:01:42.979-08:00Heirloom SeedsI just came across this fantastically extensive list of heirloom seed suppliers. It's the time to start planning! Have a peek!<br />
<a href="http://www.off-grid.info/food-independence/heirloom-seed-suppliers.html">http://www.off-grid.info/food-independence/heirloom-seed-suppliers.html</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-38257518126863206182013-11-28T17:47:00.000-08:002013-11-28T17:47:00.113-08:00Terrifying the Things Some Call "Food"Oooooh boy... These are the kinds of things no corporation wants you to know... All the more reason to eat as out of the box as possible and as close to the source as possible...<br />
<a href="http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/preventdisease?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpreventdisease.com%2Fnews%2F13%2F110413_14-Things-People-Do-Not-Want-To-Know-About-Favorite-Foods.shtml%3Futm_source%3D110413&utm_campaign=110413&utm_medium=email#2965">http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/preventdisease?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpreventdisease.com%2Fnews%2F13%2F110413_14-Things-People-Do-Not-Want-To-Know-About-Favorite-Foods.shtml%3Futm_source%3D110413&utm_campaign=110413&utm_medium=email#2965</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-42859106637925993652013-11-26T20:07:00.000-08:002013-11-26T20:07:00.043-08:00Making MoneyA great article about how to make money when you're living a self-sustaining lifestyle–even in an urban setting. Frugally Sustainable is such a great website:<br />
<a href="http://frugallysustainable.com/2011/10/how-to-make-money-when-living-self/">http://frugallysustainable.com/2011/10/how-to-make-money-when-living-self/</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-3603972791641486142013-11-22T14:19:00.000-08:002013-11-22T14:19:00.079-08:00Factory Farm LandscapesThink Factory Farms are good for their surrounding environments? Think again...<br />
<a href="http://io9.com/satellite-images-show-how-factory-farms-alter-our-lands-1191099070">http://io9.com/satellite-images-show-how-factory-farms-alter-our-lands-1191099070</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-56627591991208763802013-11-18T14:15:00.000-08:002013-11-18T14:15:00.343-08:00Mycological Society of TorontoI found a Mycological Society of Toronto?! This exists?! This is why I love this city...<br />
<a href="http://www.myctor.org/">http://www.myctor.org/</a><br />
Now I know if I ever want to invest in mushroom knowledge (who wouldn't? How fantastic) I know where to go.Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-55319195367478989162013-11-15T14:11:00.000-08:002013-11-15T14:11:00.151-08:00All of the Pesto!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Derick was cleaning out his garden before the first frost hit for him and he had CRAPLOADS of basil. I bought a bunch off him for $2 and had a pesto-making fiesta. First I washed it all and took it off it's stems. </div>
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I threw it in a blender with some fresh grated parmesan cheese, fresh ground pepper, sunflower seeds (could use pine nuts or walnuts or pecans), and lots of good olive oil.<br />
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Blend away and cover immediately with a layer of olive oil so that the pesto doesn't oxidize. It still tastes delicious when it does but it's not the prettiest... (think guacamole gone brown)<br />
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I've frozen three and one is in the fridge for immediate cooking deliciousness :)Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-59879914923052460762013-11-11T13:43:00.000-08:002013-11-11T13:43:00.123-08:00Clearing Out My Allotment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I took some time and cleared out my allotment a few weeks ago. Pulling potatoes is the most theraputic! I also think it would be the greatest for kids to help with–digging holes and planting seed potatoes in the spring and summer, constantly piling up soil around the potatoes during the year, and digging them up when they're ready! What fun! I also cut some of the proliferating calendula blooms for tea as well as a few pattypan squash</div>
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As I was clearing out my plot I pulled some dandelion root to dry for tea, as well as some more plantain spears to dry for grain. <br />
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Lastly I found some mint roots hiding out underground, which I pulled and will plant under my tree to add to my mint/lemon balm/peppermint forest :)<br />
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Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-41992242062668205592013-11-07T13:41:00.000-08:002013-11-07T13:41:00.857-08:00Wild Foragers SocietyI found these guys on Facebook and am hoping to join them in a forage soon! <br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildForagersSociety">https://www.facebook.com/WildForagersSociety</a><br />
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Nothing quite like learning about new wild edibles....</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-33441039497379334142013-11-04T13:40:00.002-08:002013-11-04T13:41:15.139-08:00Self-Care Hiatus Update and Plum CrumbleIn continuing my work, I have decided that the only way I can keep this up sustainably is in occasional posts. I have burnt out for the second time in a year and it doesn't make sense to destroy myself over this. To share stories of mindfulness and sustainability, I need to ensure I am living a mindful and sustainable life first. Otherwise, what am I sharing?<br />
To illustrate my thought, here's a deliciously simple crumble I worked on a few weeks ago with gorgeous Ontario plums:<br />
1/8th the plums and mix them with some sugar and lemon juice in a pie dish<br />
Crumble softened butter with organic oats, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a bowl<br />
Top the plums with the crumble and bake on 350C until you see fruit gurgling out the sides (I think around 40mins)<br />
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This is what happens when you rush to try to plate and photograph a beautiful dessert.<br />
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Mindfulness. I'm slowing down. Thanks universe.</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-28027435243973598582013-09-15T20:35:00.000-07:002013-10-02T20:40:36.375-07:00Slef-Care HiatusThis is difficult for me to do but I need to give myself a self-care hiatus on my daily posts. I have being doing the work, reading, and preserving but the time needed to post about it is too much for me at the moment. There is a lot of family stuff happening for me right now and something has to give. A lot of my mindfulness work this year has been about taking care, learning patience for myself, not saying should. And so I am letting myself say it's ok to take a break on a self-decided project. And yet there are so there are so many alarms going off in my head about how I won't continue, how I'm a bad person for stopping, even momentarily, and any others you could probably think of. But I need to take care. I'm sorry to everyone but I'm thinking I will be on a month hiatus from the project. See you all soon.Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-27090162515976019602013-09-14T21:41:00.000-07:002013-09-14T21:41:00.548-07:00Banned FoodWell, how terrifying is this. You know you're eating nutritious food when it's banned in other places...<br />
<a href="http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/10-american-foods-that-are-banned-in.html">http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/10-american-foods-that-are-banned-in.html</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-83471352032626727492013-09-13T18:04:00.000-07:002013-09-13T18:04:00.777-07:00Bean and Squash Seed Saving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I know this isn't really the way you're supposed to do it, but I had picked some overgrown beans from my community plot the other day and they didn't taste very good so I shelled them and left them to dry. Who knows if they'll grow next year but I figure, it's worth trying! I have some tendergreen and some royal burgundy. I don't really have a mesh type thing so I'll just turn them every once in a while. It's how I dried my chamomile flowers and it worked pretty well. I also saved some seeds from my overgrown pattypan squash and am drying them in the same way. Again, big experiment! But one worth doing when the alternative is the compost bin! Crossing my fingers!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-50561653384702503312013-09-12T17:54:00.000-07:002013-09-12T17:54:00.675-07:00Saved Red Clover Seed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Beautiful red clover flowers saved after being dried in my kitchen.</div>
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I picked one of the stems at night and didn't realize that it had already dried out. Luckily, I discovered how clover goes to seed! Each of those beautiful little red petals dries out and turns into a seed pod!</div>
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In the way that I'm assuming grains need to be processed, I pulled off all the little petals (seed pods?), crushed them between my fingers and lightly blew into the bowl to let the light stuff blow away. The seeds look like little kale seeds. So cool! I'm going to plant this wonderful perennial to harvest next year and for many years to come!<br />
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Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-53453005512180716882013-09-11T17:43:00.000-07:002013-09-11T17:43:00.283-07:00What to Do with Stems from Greens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made a delicious recipe one day and it's my new favourite for getting rid of stems from kale, chard, spinach etc. Don't throw them away!! People throw them out, did you know? It's crazy! Don't waste perfectly good food!</div>
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Steam the stems until partway cooked.</div>
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Blend fresh tomatoes into a sauce or use a can/bottle of passata.</div>
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Blend the two together in a casserole dish, top with cornmeal (my gluten free version) or breadcrumbs and grate cheese on top.</div>
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Bake until cheese in melty delicious and enjoy!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-15061370632962185352013-09-10T17:26:00.000-07:002013-09-10T17:26:00.176-07:00Fresh Bean Salad Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A surprise! The tastiest bean salad I ever remember making!</div>
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I BBQ'd 2 ears of Ontario corn and a half of my overgrown pattypan squash, brushed with oil</div>
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I steamed approx. 3/4 cup of my own green beans in a shallow layer of water in a covered pan</div>
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In the same water I steamed approx. 3/4 cup of Ontario romano beans in water until tender (approx. 5 mins)</div>
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YUMKassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-47245829743750436332013-09-09T17:13:00.000-07:002013-09-09T17:26:32.931-07:00k2 Milling and Sourdough DigestibilityI met a wonderful miller at Feast of Fields, Mark from k2 Milling<br />
<a href="http://k2milling.blogspot.ca/">http://k2milling.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
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We chatted a bit about digestibility of grains (I have been mostly gluten free for about 6 years) and I learned something I had no idea about–apparently thr fermentation process involved in sourdough baking actually pre-digests the gluten proteins and makes it more easily digestible to some people like me. Fascinating! Now this of course presupposed it is done the proper way (no added yeasts) which, of course, takes time and which, of course, is not done often any more because of aforementioned time... Yet another possible indicator of why there is so much gluten intolerance in the world these days! We have been eating pre-digested (sourdough) gluten for so much longer than not! Our bodies haven't caught up yet. Our hybridized wheat, our sugar and salt addictions, our overprocessing of flours–goodness, no wonder we are all getting so sick! Progress, right?Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-77629974852929943422013-09-08T21:28:00.000-07:002013-09-09T17:13:28.277-07:00Feast of Fields and Brassica SproutsI went to Feast of Fields today (<a href="http://www.feastoffields.org/">www.feastoffields.org</a>) as a volunteer with the Guelph Organic Conference. What a wonderful event!! I ate ALL of the most beautiful, bountiful, local, fresh food, phew!<br />
A few thoughts over the next few days...<br />
I spoke to one of the Sprouts for Life vendors (<a href="http://www.sproutsforlife.ca/">www.sproutsforlife.ca</a>) and asked him about the problems I seemed to keep having with my brassica (radish, kale, etc) sprouts: they always go mouldy! His response: Wash them more often! They don't like heat AT ALL so wash them to cool them down about 4 times daily. New things to try...Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-19901525411721735842013-09-07T17:04:00.000-07:002013-09-09T17:08:47.010-07:00Saving Lettuce Seeds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My lettuce bolted a while back (started going to seed). It grows up quite tall and the leaves get VERY bitter.</div>
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As the little flowers open up and make themselves into little dandelion looking fluffs, you can harvest the seed by pulling the white fluff away from the plant–there's little seeds attached to each! So nifty!<br />
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Part of my bounty for next year!<br />
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OH MY GOSH THIS GREW FROM A SEED. This guy is perfectly situated to say hello to everyone that comes in my front gate. And just finished opening today. I love it!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-27927208602717216052013-09-05T16:53:00.000-07:002013-09-09T16:58:03.861-07:00Hugelkultur BedsAs promised, Hugelkultur beds!<br />
<a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/">http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/</a><br />
Crazy looking permaculture beauty! No irrigation needed after 2 years... AT ALL, extra "land", using up old wood... What's not to love? Next time I'm at his farm I've got to take some photos. It really is quite impressiveKassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-26249967955452054652013-09-04T16:42:00.000-07:002013-09-09T16:52:22.119-07:00Produce Box Delivery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My wonderful friend Derick has been farming his parents land for the first time. He's managed to build some crazy hugelkultur beds (more on that in another post) and has a crazy variety of produce growing. I noticed last week that he's been supplying some friends with boxes once a week when he comes down to Toronto and I've gotten myself on that list! Wahoo! Here's my first beautiful, bountiful box: beets, carrots, chards/kale, a massive leek, soooooo many heirloom tomatoes, 2 baby eggplants, some cucumbers, onions, basil, a bag of mixed salad greens, radishes, and a mixed bag of tomatillo, okra (yes okra in Ontario!), and ground cherries. Half the tomatoes, a bunch of basil and all the onions are already gone too–I made a huge batch of tomato sauce before remembering to take a photo. I feel so blessed!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-25500664262167249762013-09-03T23:04:00.000-07:002013-09-03T23:04:00.713-07:00Next Year Planting ThoughtsI'm starting to think about next years planting and my perspective seems to have changed a bit. I'm looking at what I have available and not looking to change that by thinking I need to grow very specific things. <br />
I will keep growing lots of greens as I eat a lot of them, they basically grow themselves, they are shade tolerant (which I'm realizing I have more of than I thought) and they are just so much more delicious fresh!<br />
I also love tomatoes so will figure out how to make them not all die on me in early spring frosts, as well as how to get them more sun in their sprouting stages.<br />
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But, what I'm realizing is there is some stuff that is just so inexpensive to buy giant and fresh from a farmers market that it's almost not worth all the work I do to try and grow them myself (read: onions... But bunching onions are great!) I think I'm realizing that I'm interested in growing a more wild garden–one with harder to find ingredients that maybe don't look like food (so then people won't steal it and squirrels won't eat it!) I suppose this is a permaculture thing. Lowest maintenance! Perennials! I'm understanding I have a passion for gardening but it's not my life's work. So it needs to be a part of my life but perhaps in a different looking way. And frankly, if I grow the expensive stuff (read wild) that takes care of itself and has few diseases (it's wild, it's got it's stuff pretty well sorted out) I can just purchase bushels of tomatoes for $12 and drown in the bounty that others can offer! And frankly, supplementing with a lot of mineral rich cultivated perennials and foraging for others that I can't buy in the store just sounds like good logic, no? Kassandra from 6 months ago, do you agree? Probably not...<br />
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In any case, this is my new list to start building on for next year:<br />
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Milkweed–for pickling! also butterflies!</div>
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Echinacea–for tea!</div>
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Wild rose–for tea! and prettiness!</div>
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Wild Ginger–just, yum?!</div>
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Gooseberry–for the easiest custards and jam!</div>
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Man, who would have thought I'd come to thinking like this in just a few months! I until now just wanted the usual–beans, cucs, lettuces, herbs. Phew! Fascinating!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-31974592335447427642013-09-02T22:46:00.000-07:002013-09-02T22:46:00.169-07:00In The Weeds TVI'm excited for this show! Forbes is a wonderful wild foods supplier in Ontario who comes to Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers Market weekly. Can't wait to learn more! Foraging really feels like it transports me to a magical time in the past when I probably didn't know what a banana was because I lived in Canada...<br />
<a href="http://intheweedstv.com/">http://intheweedstv.com/</a>Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-22057508169830376302013-09-01T18:27:00.000-07:002013-09-08T21:20:27.011-07:00Canning Tomatoes<div style="text-align: center;">
My mum went out to St. Jacobs for a mini holiday with my dad and I asked her to pick me up a half bushel of tomatoes... Beauty!!</div>
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I decided to can some of them whole for sauce/chili/soup in the winter. Here's the recipe I was following: <a href="http://www.canadianliving.com/food/cooking_school/step_by_step_canned_tomatoes.php">http://www.canadianliving.com/food/cooking_school/step_by_step_canned_tomatoes.php</a></div>
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I took the skin off the tomatoes by putting them in boiling water for a minute or so. Some split, some didn't, and I found that the ones that didn't were easy to split by running the back of the knife over a small part of the tomato. The heat seemed to make the split bigger and make it easier to peel. I took the tomatoes out of the boiling water and dropped them into cold water a few at a time to peel and core. I then filled a jar with them and added a tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice, leaving 1/2 inch of headspace. </div>
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Beauty!!</div>
Kassandra Prushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801302686305587266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515591193657152919.post-41311133338598262042013-08-31T22:35:00.000-07:002013-08-31T22:35:00.066-07:00Tomato Season!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yup it's tomato season. I have a glut of basil in my garden (mmmm) and got a basket of tomatoes from my grandfathers garden today (mmm). What did I do? Easiest recipe ever!</div>
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Cut up tomato, mini bocconcini, ripped up basil, a pinch of salt, fresh cracked pepper, extra virgin olive oil. YUM!!<br />
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