081 Foraging for Wild Foods With Leda Meredith

April 13, 2016

...a foam from the common mallow weed? Use dandelion as a hops substitute in beer? Our topic this week is foraging and our guest is Leda Meredith. Leda has a certificate in Ethnobotany from the New York Botanical Garden, where she is also an instructor. She is also the author of five books including Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Beach Plums to Wineberries. Her new book is The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Pr...

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Saturday Linkages: Saris, Punk Rockers, Poppies and Young Agrarians

Mr. Homegrown

April 26, 2014

Saturday Linkages

...relic http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/aeroplane-bar-letka-tu-104 … DIY Beer Bottle Windows for your Cabin, Shed, TIny… http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2014/04/diy-beer-bottle-windows-for-your-cabin.html?spref=tw … Repurposed wood log lamps http://www.recyclart.org/2014/04/repurposed-wood-log-lamps/ … How to build a cheap 3D-scanner mostly out of spare parts http://wp.me/p1SNZL-1 A Young Agrarian Land Covenant http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2...

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The New Home Economics

Mr. Homegrown

November 24, 2008

Beer, Thoughtstylings

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...h times call for elemental solutions, not to mention popping the cap off a beer. And speaking of tough times and ingenuity, with our economy continuing to meltdown and unemployment on the rise (check out this youtube interview with author Nasim Nicholas Taleb and mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot for a real scare), we’ve begun to see sudden interest in the long forgotten topic of home economics. A good example of this new home economics is 30 bucks...

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The Flow Hive: a Solution in Search of a Problem

Mr. Homegrown

February 23, 2015

Animals, Bees

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...open the hive and remove frames. It’s like a cross between a beehive and a beer tap. My problem with this design is mostly symbolic. Conceptually, the idea that a beehive is like a beer keg you can tap is troublesome. A beehive is a living thing, not a machine for our exploitation. I’m a natural beekeeper and feel that honey harvests must be done with caution and respect. To us, beekeeping is, at the risk of sounding a little melodramatic– a sacre...

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Reforming City Codes

Mr. Homegrown

December 18, 2013

Thoughtstylings

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...that party just how important it is to get neighbors to chat over food and beer. If we’re all friends, we’re less likely to start calling city inspectors on each other and more likely to resolve disputes face to face. Another step would be to create city codes that work as guidelines, something like Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language, rather than proscriptions. Take parkway planting regulations, for instance. Put together a group of landscap...

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