| Christy Baker

My sweet neighbors have refrained from commenting on my pathetic attempt at a post-modern tomato crop.

| Christy Baker

Like a local food fairy godmother, Relay gathers your groceries and will bring them to you!

| Christy Baker

One of my favorite thrift activities is "upcycling" used clothing, especially t-shirts.

| Christy Baker

We might just get out the Sawz-All and set up a couple more rain barrels.

| Christy Baker

The Slow Food movement is "cooking" here in Central VA

| Christy Baker

With some research we found a way to be the least wasteful with our kids’ “waste.”

| Christy Baker

With roller derby practice several times a week, I manage to work up quite a stink, literally.

| Christy Baker

The quirks of a flock of small breed chickens and their backyard abode.

| Christy Baker

Whether it’s a new pair of pants for my son, an insane skirt for roller derby or a seasoned skillet- I’m shopping for seconds.

| Christy Baker

Local City Market vendor, James Rucker, the ice pop master, is there for you with some icy, sweet goodness on a stick.

| Christy Baker

My method for saving tomato seeds (I know it works because I’m eating the fruits from last summer’s seeds!).

| Christy Baker

Milk paint: Odorless, antiquey, New England-y and a bit pricey – it’s the preppiest paint on the market!

| Christy Baker

With the hope of super-green mosquito control, we’ve put up a house for the bats.

| Christy Baker

Adventures in raising chickens from a few days old, through those wild teenage weeks

| Christy Baker

We may not have a trained elephant, but it’s still a circus everyday on this little Charlottesville plot of land we call home.