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Growing Food the Budget-Friendly Way

Growing Food the Budget-Friendly Way Growing your own food can be a great way to save money, eat healthier, and reduce your environmental impact. But it can also seem like…

Why You Should Learn to Grow Your Own Food and Why Kids Should, Too

In this day and age, the easiest thing to do is buy your food from the supermarket. Your children will grow…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Gardening with Kids
Feb, 04, 2024
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Beans, the Climate, Smart Food, and Why You Should Grow Beans

As homesteading vegans, we grow a variety of beans: pole beans, bush beans, fava beans, edamame, chickpeas — and the list goes on. For…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Apr, 04, 2022
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Endless Veggies–Growing Vegetables From Scraps

Did you know that certain vegetables can be regrown from their own scraps? It’s super easy and fun to do, and a great project for the kids, too. In a way, it’s like having…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Feb, 22, 2021
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Our Urban Homestead Journey: Embracing Self-Sufficiency

My family (my husband and our three children) and I live on an “urban homestead.” This term refers to a household that grows, through gardening and livestock, most of…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Oct, 30, 2020
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Growing, Preserving and Cooking Carrots

Because our climate here in San Diego allows it, we try growing carrots all year long. It’s a versatile vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked, and our bunny loves the carrot tops….

Fredrika Syren
Recent Articles
Sep, 04, 2020
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Growing and Eating Dark Leafy Greens

Of all the vegetables we grow in our garden, leafy greens are our favorites. We find them the most useful and most versatile, as well as the vegetables we never seem to grow enough of.

There…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Recent Articles, Urban Homestead
Aug, 26, 2020
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