The LeFort Urban Homestead...

The front is all cleaned up and ready to enjoy (and my lettuces are coming up in the raised bed) Sunny and above 50 degrees today!  Despi...

2009 Veggies Just a day or two before Thanksgiving we had a freeze, which finally put an end to our garden.  I harvested and weighed what...

Pineapple Sage Flowers Loofah before drying Loofah after drying Whenever I gave someone a tour of my garden this summer and pointed...

Tomorrow we begin observing Transition Milwaukee's Power Down Week , an opportunity to challenge ourselves and others to make our carbon...

Today I made my first jell-o mold.  My mother would be proud because she always says she can't make pie crusts or jell-o molds.  I was r...

Today I completed another phase of getting the garden prepared.  I received two cubic yards of mulch and made quick work of it during Vera...

It's spring mushroom hunting season.  Last Friday on the way home from work I drove past the park and in a flash noticed some rings of t...

I saw Robin Red Breast yesterday!  I couldn't be more excited about spring.  I've been itching to get the compost spread on our rais...