There’s a houseblog called Brooklyn Rowhouse that I love to read when I have the chance. Steve, the blog owner has done some amazing woodworking projects in his house. He recently posted about cleaning up his workshop after doing 9 months worth of projects and the huge amount of scrap wood and sawdust he had […]

Part of becoming Self Reliant is taking a close look at the money you are spending and downsizing certain luxuries if they are just downright wasteful. Stefan and I had an eye opening moment a few months ago when his company presented him with the new monthly parking fee once his office moves to a […]

I think I have a new favorite TV chef. I used to be a big Jamie Oliver fan and still like his carefree style of cooking…but this weekend we saw Robert Rainford’s show License to Grill and I am now a devoted fan. He’s got quick and easy techniques and doesn’t try to make cooking […]

I intended to post this before we went on vacation to Bavaria but I got to search #3 jala corn and realized that there isn’t much information about this corn online. So I decided I better see if I could dig a bit more good information up on our own before posting this. Growing habaneros […]

Whenever we go to visit Stefan’s parents, we get to glance through the various magazines that they have bought in the last month or so. They usually have them in the living room and there are plenty of great gardening and food magazines which I can’t resist looking through. But in addition to those there […]