Sonoma Urban Homestead

10/10/2021

More stories are going around about management not tolerating abusive clients anymore. Let's keep this movement going!!

08/04/2016

My latest pie on The Pie Affair blog. Enjoy this summer delight!

Yet another pie that is magical childhood memory, strawberry rhubarb. While it is fairly easy to get strawberries year round, at least frozen in the winter, rhubarb is often hard, if not imp…

08/03/2016

06/29/2016

Every Wednesday afternoon between 3 & 6 the Healdsburg Farmer's Market invades the Cerri parking lot next to The Shed. Come down check out all the wonderful produce and have a chat with your local farmer.

I will be manning the Preston Farm booth with my father. Other regulars are Ridgeview Farms, Middleton Farms, Bernier Farms, Alexander Valley Farms, and Autumn's Garden.

06/08/2016

It's is nice to see bees in the garden.

03/12/2016

I used to weigh over 260 pounds. Today I am able to maintain a healthy 150 pounds. It wasn't easy, but clean living, exercise, and a managed diet make it possible. At my heaviest I had trouble walking up a flight of stairs. In April I will be 50 years old and in May I will compete in my first triathlon.

03/08/2016

Early evening trail run with the .

02/11/2016

My latest pie on my pie blog! Enjoy

What type of pie do you enjoy?

A Valentine's Pie Traditionally ricotta pies are an Italian dessert, often with chocolate chips. The consistency of the pie is similar to cheesecake, but much milder in flavor. That mild fla...

02/11/2016

A little Throw Back Thursday love.

01/29/2016

Not much going on the garden right now, other than getting the plan ready, but it gives me more time to bake. My latest blog entry on my pie made with lemons and lavender from my own yard.

It is that time year when lemons are falling off the bush in my backyard and when life gives you lemons make lemon pie. While I love the lemon custard in lemon meringue pie, I am not so fond of the...