There are still many details left, but the final cabinet installation was completed on Friday, July 23, after a June 1 start.  I’ll be writing more about the delays and adventures of kitchen remodeling soon.

I invite you to watch this brief but intriguing documentary on the true cost and environmental implications of bottled water.

I never really stopped to consider the cost of bottled water.  I think we have been sold a bill of goods to believe [...]

The following is written by Guest Writer Jill Cooper

As a single mother of two, I started my own home business without any capital and paid off $35,000 debt in 5 years on $1,000 a month income.

I am often asked what are the top lessons I would give a family or even a [...]

Spinach-Mushroom Quiche

(This delicious recipe is Courtesy of A Simpler Time Bed and Breakfast, Paonia, Colorado)

2 -9- inch deep dish pie crusts, thawed (or use a Basic Pie Crust Recipe, below)
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
2 Tbsp olive oil
6 large farm fresh eggs, beaten
1/2 cup half and half
1- 8 – ounce container sour [...]

In today’s Denver Post, the lead story opens saying:

“Denver-area authorities are embarking on $760 million worth of massive water-treatment projects, to convert substandard water into drinkable new supplies.

Water providers say they also increasingly are detecting new contaminants, such as pharmaceutical residues from birth-control pills, cosmetics and antidepressants, that they anticipate [...]

At this time of year, I don’t really like to cook.  It’s hot, that makes me tired and I just don’t have the energy.  Truthfully I’m not that hungry anyway.

Chef  extraordinaire Dava Parr, owner of Fresh and Wyld Farmhouse Inn and Gardens, here in Paonia, offers simple tips to make those veggies extra lucious without [...]

Continuing Education for Moms has returned as UrbanHomemaker Live Talk Radio.

Join authors Mary Clemens Meyer & Susanna Meyer as we talk about Saving the Seasons – How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything.

You may listen to the Recorded Broadcast Now:

You will be inspired to get started with something you love, it’s simple with [...]

Ever wonder how to stay on a budget while eating nourishing food? Feel overwhelmed, but want to learn how to shop and cook nourishing food while on a budget? Kimi Harris’ ecourse, A Peasant’s Feast: Nourishing Food on a Budget, is designed to give Real Food advocates a [...]

I love fresh produce, farmers markets, buying direct from the grower and developing a relationship with my local growers, taking advantage of low prices and high quality produce in season, preserving a portion of the abundance for later, and especially the atmosphere of the Market.  In  Urban [...]

Ed Note:  I just became aware of an ecourse with a deadline coming up very soon (June 28th)  that I thought you should know about as I imagine that many of you would be interested in it. Please read the below from the author, Kimi Harris from, The Nourishing Gourmet. [...]