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Continue reading →: Three No More – Onto FourSnippets It’s funny to think that after 3 years of Lucy-and-Nathan-and-Beansprout we’re asking another person into our space. I keep telling Nathan that pregnancy feels real (hello heartburn and baby hiccups), and birth seems real, but the idea that there will be another baby in the house… that seems fake. …
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Continue reading →: What No One Told Me About Postpartum(But I REALLY Wish they Had) There are a few things every expectant mother hears (“sleep when the baby sleeps” and “enjoy every minute” are both awful and popular pieces of advice) but for some reason, no one ever tells you a damn thing about what postpartum is really like.…
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Continue reading →: 3 Diy Biodegradable Nursery PotsSave Money and Be Sustainable – Make-at-Home Pots for Seed Starting I love a good diy project, especially when it uses things I already have at home! So when all my seeds germinated this year and I found myself in need of nursery pots on a budget I went looking…
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Continue reading →: Prepping for Postpartum: Mom EditionWhat I’m Doing Differently for Baby Number 2 The short answer is: basically everything. I had no idea what to expect postpartum with my first baby and I was caught completely unaware. Labor was hard. There’s no denying that. Postpartum though… postpartum was Brutal. So here are five ways I’m…
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Continue reading →: Dirt for the GardenSoil to Get Us Started The thing about raised beds is that once you build them they don’t magically fill up with dirt. It’s a huge disappointment. It isn’t surprising at all but for some reason it slipped my mind a bit that once we got the beds built we’d…
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Continue reading →: Germinating for SeedlingsHow to Make Sure Your Seeds Are Viable With the garden installed I’ve been itching to get started with the planting! Unfortunately between that Oklahoma weather and the issue of raised beds needing to be filled, it’s been a work in progress. (That’s one definite advantage of planting in the…
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Continue reading →: Waist Tie Apron PatternAn Apron Pattern for Pregnancy and Beyond There’s nothing quite so iconic as the waist tie apron, from Renaissance festivals to 1950’s vintage, it’s a classic silhouette. If you want to try making a waist tie apron for the kitchen, or harvesting veggies in the yard, I’ve got you covered!…
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Continue reading →: Placing the GardenYear 1: Installing the Raised Beds and Picking a Method for the Madness Urban Homesteading requires a LOT of research and planning before it looks like anything is really starting to happen. Are you going to do row gardens? Container gardens? Raised beds? What about pest control? Going into placing…
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Continue reading →: 3 Ways to Mend ClothesExtend the Life of Your Clothes with these Easy D.I.Y. Fixes It can be intimidating the first time you decide to try and repair your own clothes, but don’t let that stop you! Remember if it needs a repair then it’s already broken – you can’t make it too much…
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Continue reading →: Starting Our Urban HomesteadYear 1: Learn All the Things To give you an idea of who we are here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to this past year and why we’re starting our urban homestead now. That D.I.Y. Attitude Last year I dove into learning about home improvement & home repair…
