The Art of Sadeli Mosaic

November 20, 2017

Design

...by Sneha Sarang showing Indian craftsman creating the intricate decorative art called Sadeli mosaic. Used to adorn small boxes in India, the Middle East and Iran, the technique is similar to the way “slice and bake” cookies and European “rock” candy are made. Narrow triangular strips of wood, metal or plastic are cut using a jig on a table saw: The strips are gathered into bundles: sliced: and applied to a wood backing: It looks simple but I’m sur...

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The Fine Art of Determining Peach Ripeness

Mr. Homegrown

June 6, 2016

Fruit Trees, Gardening

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How do you know when your peaces are ready to pick? For home growers it’s all about color. According to the University of Georgia, Ground color is the best field indicator of peach maturity. . . The ground color of a peach approaching maturity is light green. A break in color toward yellow is the first definite indication of maturity. Brightening of the red over-color of the skin is another, though less reliable, index of maturity. Red color is t...

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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Mrs. Homegrown

February 26, 2016

Domesticus, Tidying up

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I figure by now that there are few of you, at least those of you who have de-cluttering on your radar, who don’t know that Marie Kondo, author of Tidying Up, has a new book: Spark Joy. We’ve been shamelessly selling it in our margins here on the blog for a good while, but I’m just now getting around to reviewing it. Of course, we wrote extensively about our journey with Tidying Up here last year. If you’ve read Tiding Up, your first question woul...

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How to Design and Fabricate Homestead Projects

Mr. Homegrown

January 14, 2016

Design

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...st (also with a UCSD degree–go Tritons!) who can provide 24 hour emergency art and art history advice. I’ll use the process of putting together my Vegetable Prison as a way of showing what I’ve leaned from my brainy, art-damaged friends: Go to lots of art shows, museums, take classes, go to furniture stores and watch strange movies One of the things I love about living in a big city is the opportunity to experience lots of high and low culture. I...

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Saturday Tweets: Artichokes, Rants and Rare Bee Art

Mr. Homegrown

July 25, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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I heart artichokes. Recipe for marinated artichoke hearts here: http://t.co/sBQAkFojun #summer #canning #preserving pic.twitter.com/AtDHB1P5C9 — Kevin West (@savingtheseason) July 23, 2015 Tales From the Droughtside or THE DROUGHTPOCALYPSE!!! | Garden Rant http://t.co/5LGacH9cx4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 24, 2015 The No-Water California Garden | Garden Rant http://t.co/JTCFPiZoFO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 24, 2015 What to do with al...

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