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Grab and Go

Mr. Homegrown
Preparedness
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So it’s time to go over what’s in the SuriviveLA compound grab and go bags. These are the backpacks we have for each person here just in case we find ourselves surrounded by zombies and decide its time to run. Conveniently our grab and go bags are the same ones we use for hiking and backpacking. In fact the contents of the bags are based on what the Sierra Club used to call the “Ten Essentials“, which has now been expande...

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Beads and Roman Sandals Won’t Be Seen

Mr. Homegrown
Permaculture
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I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.” – Kurt Cobain After installing the new herb spiral in the backyard a certain member of the SurviveLA compound, commenting on the design, remarked facetiously, “Welcome home brother.” For those not in the know, that particular phrase is the greeting at any event sponsored by the Rainbow Family of L...

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Laundry to Landscape 2.0

Mr. Homegrown
Water and Power, Water Conservation
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I just installed a “laundry to landscape” greywater system at the house of Lora “Homegrown Neighbor” Hall using greywater guru Art Ludwig’s free open-source plans. It was a cinch. And, thanks to a revision in the California plumbing code last year, it’s legal with no permit required. I started in the laundry room by rigging up a three way diverter valve so that Lora can route the greywater back to the sew...

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Mutant Squash

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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Today’s incredible picture comes from photographer, bike cultist, and composting Culver-Town revolutionary Elon Schoenholz. It’s a freak squash that grew out of his regular old household compost. The funny thing is that nobody at the Shoenholz Compound – neither Elon, wife Bryn nor new bambina Nusia eat squash – so the origin of this new hybrid compost squash is a mystery. This brings up a bit of botany. Plants “...

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Taut-line knot

Mrs. Homegrown
Domesticus
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...line–only to have it sag morosely, you’ll get my excitement. It’s also a useful for staking out tents and tarps. I’m not going to show you how to do it here, but I’m going to save you the trouble of squinting at lots of poorly drawn diagrams and unclear videos, by sharing the the video that did it for me, one offered by a joint called The Art of Manliness. Official disclaimer: I haven’t read that site, so I don...

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New Year’s Resolutions

Mr. Homegrown
Reviews, Thoughtstylings
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It’s a week for formulating New Years resolutions and I have two that stem from reading Ferran Adrià’s A Day at elBulli . Adrià is one of the main proponents of “molecular gastronomy” (though he rejects the term) a style of cooking that involves not just unusual ingredients, but the creation of entirely new forms of cooking. Think dry ice, freeze drying and culinary thoughtstylings such as “Spherification.” B...

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The Poultry Review June 1908

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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For your reading pleasure we present the June 1908 issue of the Poultry Review, in its entirety, as a downloadable pdf here (via archive.org). Download a hi-res version of the Art Nouveau styled cover suitable for framing here. We picked up this obscure periodical at the American Poultry Association meet we went to over the weekend. Highlights of this issue of the Poultry Review include an article entitled “What Does it Cost a Year to Keep...

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Make a Garden Work Table from a Pallet

Mr. Homegrown
Design
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...orking with pallets: 1. We prefer projects that don’t involve disassembling the pallet. The nails in pallets aren’t meant to be removed. Trying to take one apart with a crowbar will, in most cases, result in a lot of split, useless wood. A Sawzall reciprocating saw would work better if you must take one apart. For the table above we simply cut the pallet in half with a circular saw and handsaw. 2. Use screws not nails and predrill al...

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Brewing Demo

Mr. Homegrown
Beer, Events, Fermentation, Food
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Hogarth’s formula: beer=good, gin=bad Homegrown Evolution will be conducting an informal beer brewing demo as part of an art opening in Eagle Rock this weekend. Curated by Nate Garcia, Needle in a Haystack brings together an eclectic group of artists exploring community and public space, including our comrade Ari Kletzky of Islands of L.A., with whom we’ll be interacting during the course of the show. At the opening, on Saturday Ja...

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Saturday Linkages: Spoiled Kids, Leaf Blowers, and Yet More Signs of the Artisinal Apocalypse

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert?mbid=social_retweet  … Man builds 50 Foot Wooden Tower to reach vegetable garden:  http:// dornob.com/50-foot-wooden -tower-is-a-brilliant-diy-backyard-solution/  … Another sign of the artisinal apocalypse: NYC water cafe sells fancily filtered local water http:// boingboing.net/2012/07/19/nyc -water-cafe-sells-fancily-f.html  … Hacked Ikea Leaning Chair: http:// dornob.com/hacked-ikea-le aning-cha...

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