• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Start Here
  • Calendar
  • The Hands-On Home

Northwest Edible Life

urban homesteading in the pacific northwest

  • Gardening
  • Cooking
  • Food Preservation
  • Animals
  • Productive Home
  • Life & Family

Archives for August 2017

48August 29, 2017Homeschooling by Erica

Math Practice Grid Paper for Carrying, Borrowing and Regrouping – Free Homeschool Download

I whipped up this worksheet to help Oliver with his multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. Every number has a tidy spot to live in, and shaded squares designate where carried or borrowed numbers live.

Read More

2August 26, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/26/17

An attempt to log weekly productive home achievements. Please join in!

Read More

0August 25, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 8/25/17

This week’s Five Things Friday: speaking up vs. dropping out, peaches and berries, butternut squash vs cheese, why you need a food processor, why your anxiety is not helping anything, the futility of revolutionaries without a garden and more.

Read More

324August 23, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Is It Safe To Sterilize Or Keep Canning Jars Warm In The Oven?

Is it safe to sterilize canning jars in the oven? Can you keep jars warm in the oven before processing? Everything you need to know about the science and safety of warming and sterilizing your jars.

Read More

13August 21, 2017Essays and More by Erica

After The Flip

We all saw the balloon about eight leaps out, squishing along through the haze. It was drifting towards us, undulating slowly down from the roof of the four-story across the border street.

“Slickball!” We could outrun the balloon – they were slow – but not the splatter when it blew above us.

We slammed into the pile of border rubble, too hasty in our clambering. Up and over the urbanite walls, feet slamming down, away from the Slickball, towards the watchcave, always on the lookout for that telltale sheen where previous balloons had blown. One slip, one misplaced hand and we’d lose another fighter. Once you touched the Slick, there wasn’t much the healers could do.

Read More

3August 19, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/19/17

An attempt to log weekly productive home achievements. Please join in!

Read More

0August 17, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Autumn Equinox Harvest Home Celebration Invitation – Free Download

If you want to throw your own Autumn Equinox party, feel free to use this invitation. Just download and use your favorite PDF or photo editor to add your own party details to the invite.

Read More

8August 15, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Old Bay Corn Relish

This straightforward sweet corn relish is seasoned with Old Bay and is excellent with crabcakes, fried seafood, tuna salad, beans or chicken.

Read More

90August 10, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Nectarine Brown Sugar Jam

Lovely sweet-tart nectarines, rich caramel flavors from brown sugar, and the warmth of cinnamon and ginger spices make this delicious jam taste like nectarine crisp in a jar.

Read More

18August 8, 2017Cooking by Erica

The Tartine: Your Formula For The Ultimate Easy Summer Sandwich

In the summer I follow a little formula that allows me to convert fresh-picked veg into easy open faced sandwich meals. The following formula will never go wrong in building a good summer tartine: Good bread + Good spreadable cheese + Cooked firm vegetable topping and/or fresh sliced ripe tomato + Fresh herbs = Delicious tartine.

Read More

0August 5, 2017Productive Home by Erica

Productive Home Weekly Report: 8/5/17

An attempt to log weekly productive home achievements. Please join in!

Read More

433August 3, 2017Homestead Animals by David

Meat Rabbits: Truths No Homesteading Article Tells You

Homesteading articles like to claim meat rabbits are an almost effortless way to produce hundreds of pounds of meat in a small space. But there are a lot of challenges that come with raising meat rabbits. Here’s what you need to know before you start raising meat rabbits.

Read More

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar



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!

Copyright © 2025 Northwest Edible Life LLC ·