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Read Adding Bitters to Your Home Cocktail Bar [Recipes]
Read Grog: So Good It's Scary  [Recipe]
Read DIY Sherry Cocktails [Recipes]
Read DIY Culture: Why Portlanders Get Creative, Practical in Hands-On Ways
Read Flavor Your Life (and Your Drinks) with Natural Homemade Infusions
Read Root Cellars: Portland's DIY Don't
Teardrop Lounge’s Daniel Shoemaker Shares His Recipes
Adding Bitters to Your Home Cocktail Bar [Recipes]
Your at-home cocktails gardens are resting prettily in the windowsill. There are no major holidays for which to prepare grog. And, your infusions are happily marinating on the shelves. So, what’s the next step in your home more...
A Halloween Treat for Your Favorite Monsters
Grog: So Good It's Scary [Recipe]
Let’s imagine that it’s already Halloween, you have your patio lights up and a few carved gourds on the porch, and the important question lingering in the fall air is: what on earth are you going to be serving to your more...
Pairs Perfectly With Portland's Fall Weather
DIY Sherry Cocktails [Recipes]
We know you haven’t had enough of old-school drinks and cocktails yet, so here’s the next in line we’d suggest for your go-to winter list: sherry. That’s right. Sherry. There’s a dry, complex more...
Why Do-It-Yourself When It's Often Easier to Pay Someone Else?
DIY Culture: Why Portlanders Get Creative, Practical in Hands-On Ways
When Kristl Bridge opened Portland Homestead Supply Co. in Sellwood in June, a visitor asked her why anyone would take tasks such as canning, pickling, and soap-making into their own hands when it’s often easier to pay more...
Infuse Everything From Olive Oil to Brandy!
Flavor Your Life (and Your Drinks) with Natural Homemade Infusions
Four weeks of summer in and it’s nearly autumn again, at least according to the calendar. In other words, this is the perfect time to start infusing everything from olive oil to brandy! Because in four weeks when you are more...
Root Sheds Recommended as Alternative for Western Oregonians
Root Cellars: Portland's DIY Don't
When the New York Times published a story in November 2008 about a renewed national interest in root cellars, the featured root cellarist was someone from Portland. It stands to reason. Here in grow-your-own, do-it-yourself more...
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Little Brown Bats: Great Neighbors for Portland Gardens

March 23rd, 2011 No comments
Little Brown Bats: Great Neighbors for Portland Gardens

Portland is beginning to see signs of spring as green shoots push their way through the soil, flowers bloom, and its native winged critters return to the city. Bats, like many birds, are migratory creatures that return to Portland in spring, around the same time our insect population rises. While easily associated with country living, many urban dwellers are unaware of the bat population in their area. However, some more...

Home & Garden

Mason Bees: Master Pollinators of Northwest Gardens

March 7th, 2011 2 comments
Mason Bees: Master Pollinators of Northwest Gardens

The sun is starting to hang around longer, which means it’s time to begin preparing our gardens. As we make our gardening plans, you might want to consider bringing in some extra helpers to make this year’s harvest bountiful: mason bees. Whether you have fruit trees, a vegetable garden, or flowers, these bees will ensure you get the most out of what you are growing. While much attention has been paid to more...

Do-It-Yourself Tips

Building Chicken Coops From Upcycled Materials

March 2nd, 2011 5 comments
Building Chicken Coops From Upcycled Materials

The first shipments of chicks have just arrived in local farm stores, so it’s time to start building your new fuzzy friends a home. While a Frank Lloyd Wright knockoff might not fit the budget, what could be more Portland than building a chicken coop from upcycled materials? Upcycling, reusing old lumber and construction waste for better quality final products, is the perfect way to show our city’s love more...

New Chicks and a New Book Arrive at the Urban Farm Store

Chicken Keeping Basics: A Chicken in Every Yard

February 5th, 2011 5 comments
Chicken Keeping Basics: A Chicken in Every Yard

Curious about chicken keeping? Neighborhood Notes presents the why and how of keeping a backyard flock. more...

Sustainable Solutions

Rain Barrel Renaissance: How to Harvest Rainwater

January 20th, 2011 8 comments
Rain Barrel Renaissance: How to Harvest Rainwater

The second week of 2011 there are three flood warnings and two storm warnings flashing little red triangles in the corner of my screen. In a macabre bit of irony, The Oregonian crumpled on my coffee table just told me “By 2015, typical Portland homeowners will have seen their monthly city utility rate rise from $42.58 to $116 in 15 years.” The solution is so obvious it’s almost like we’ve more...

Home & Garden

Ecoscaping 101: How to Make Your Yard or Garden More Sustainable

January 14th, 2011 No comments
Ecoscaping 101: How to Make Your Yard or Garden More Sustainable

Ecoscaping—used interchangeably with "naturescaping"—is becoming more and more popular in Portland and around the nation as sustainability, organic plants and vegetables, and being more earth-friendly become prevalent concepts in our culture. Essentially, ecoscaping refers to the process of transforming your yard and garden space from something that may have been non-organic and not so natural more...

Terrariums: Evergreens That Are Always in Season

December 14th, 2010 No comments
Terrariums: Evergreens That Are Always in Season

‘Tis the season when the notion of evergreens conjures visions of cedar swags, juniper wreaths and noble fir Christmas trees. They’ve been a festive part of the holiday season for centuries, symbolizing new life and vitality. Now, there’s another evergreen spreading cheer and decking the halls around town. Yes, I’m talking about terrariums: the ultimate evergreens, always in season. Inspired more...

Vermiculture—Worm Ranching Is All the Rage

November 22nd, 2010 3 comments
Vermiculture—Worm Ranching Is All the Rage

Vermiculture? You bet. Also known as vermicomposting, this process offers a fun, on-site and relatively easy method of transforming organic matter from the kitchen and garden into rich soil. Worms are useful in aerating soil—just dig a hole in your raised bed and you’re sure to come across a little guy doing his earthly work—and thrive by converting organic plant and food material into compost. The more...

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