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Recent Posts:

  • What I Tell My High Schooler About College
  • 11 Chicken Coop Features I’ll Never Live Without
  • Rhubarb and Spring Herb Salsa
  • May Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • 10 Self-Propogating Herbs and Flowers That Take Over My Garden Every Spring
  • How To Combine Rabbits and Chickens for Homestead Animal Synergy
  • 17 Homestead Rules and How I Score For Each
  • I Burned My Face with Hot Cooking Oil. Here’s What Happened.
  • 5 Things Friday 4/6/18
  • Favorite Resources To Make High School History Fun and Effective
  • April Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • The Post-Poultry Homestead: A Tale of Urban Chickens
  • How To Grow Kale or Collards In The Pacific Northwest
  • Caramelized Turnips and Apples with Thyme
  • March Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • 5 Things Friday 3/2/18
  • Curried Sugar Hubbard Squash Soup
  • Johnny’s Seeds, Territorial Seeds and Monsanto: a 2018 Update
  • 5 Things Friday 2/23/18
  • Herbs To Boost Immunity in Rabbits
  • All the Seed Terminology You Need To Know
  • Harissa Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  • Major Site Upgrade and Some New Website Features You Should Know About
  • My Seed Order for 2018
  • 8 Things I Do Before Every Meditation Session
  • 5 Things Friday 2/2/18
  • February Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • Pork Chops with Apple Cider, Maple and Thyme Glaze
  • 5 Things Friday 1/26/18
  • How To Grow Onions: The 4 Things You Need To Know For Success
  • If Infomercials Targeted Gardeners
  • 5 Things Friday 1/19/18
  • Vietnamese Stir-fried Kohlrabi and Prawns
  • Homesteading at Rock Bottom
  • 5 Things Friday 1/12/18
  • What Warts Taught Me About Meditation
  • Urbanite (Broken Concrete) Retaining Wall As A Garden Feature
  • 5 Things Friday 1/5/18: Seed Inventory, Salt Lamps, Portuguese Kale
  • 2018 Word List Brainstorming Session
  • January Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • December Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • No Spend November: Week 2 Results
  • If You Could Outsource It All, Would You?
  • No Spend November: Week 1 Results
  • How To Include Oils And Fats In Your Food Storage
  • No Spend November: A Money Savings Challenge
  • November Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • Patreon Exclusive Content For October: Full Archive
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/29/17
  • It's Okay to be a Homesteader and Hate Canning
  • Preparedness 101: How To Build A Two Week Emergency Pantry
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/21/17
  • Preparedness 101: Shun Ignorance and Reject Panic – Focus On Readiness
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 10/14/17
  • First Grade Homeschooling: Curriculum and Schedule for 2017/18
  • October Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • Preparedness 101: Hunkering Down At Home
  • Preparedness 101: Determine Your Evacuation, Meetup and Emergency Procedures
  • Preparedness 101: Information Preparedness with a Family Reference Binder
  • Preparedness 101: Assembling A 72 Hour Bag
  • September 11th, Preparedness, And Answering The Call
  • Preparedness 101: Everyone Has A Zombie Apocalypse Scenario
  • Preparedness 101: What's Your Preparedness Philosophy?
  • September Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • 5 Things Friday: 9/1/17
  • Math Practice Grid Paper for Carrying, Borrowing and Regrouping – Free Homeschool Download
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/26/17
  • 5 Things Friday: 8/25/17
  • Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?
  • After The Flip
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/19/17
  • Autumn Equinox Harvest Home Celebration Invitation – Free Download
  • Old Bay Corn Relish
  • Nectarine Brown Sugar Jam
  • The Tartine: Your Formula For The Ultimate Easy Summer Sandwich
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/5/17
  • Meat Rabbits: Truths No Homesteading Article Tells You
  • August Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • Do You Really Need Whey For Successful Lacto-Fermentation?
  • Stream Of Consciousness Frittata
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/22/17
  • Reusing Pickle Brine – How To Safely Get Double Duty From Your Pickles
  • Dark Cherry and Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
  • The Drifter Cucumber and Basil Cocktail
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/15/17
  • Cherry Salsa with Tequila and Cilantro
  • 6 Simple Tricks To Make Canning Easier
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/8/17
  • 5 Things Friday: 7/7/17
  • July Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
  • Why You Need To Start Your Fall Vegetables ASAP
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 7/1/17
  • How To Identify and Control Four Common Garden Pests of the Pacific Northwest
  • The One Livestock Animal I'm Obsessed With
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 6/24/17
  • Home Canned Spaghetti Sauce For People Who Like Ragu
  • Skimming Foam From Jam: Everything You Need To Know
  • Simple Strawberry Vanilla Sauce
  • Productive Home Weekly Report: 6/17/17
  • 5 Things Friday: 6/16/17

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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