Urban Livestock and Bikes!

February 18, 2009

Events

India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We’ll be talkin’ chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We’ll discuss how to integrate these animals into your backyard and...

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Saturday Tweets: Food, Simple Living and Bikes

Mr. Homegrown

November 8, 2014

Saturday Linkages

3 Comments

...tus/530835488534306817 The Best Thing About a Bike-Friendly City Isn’t the Bikes — It’s the City http://t.co/WGVeHxDQmR via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2014 The Health Benefits of Simple Living (Erik chimes in at the end) http://t.co/m7juWtdPJJ via @usnews — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 5, 2014 Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates — Ancient Wisdoms (@AncientWisdomss) November 4, 2014 Coo...

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Saturday Tweets: Compacted Soil, Bikes and Mirrored Headboards

Mr. Homegrown

March 26, 2016

Saturday Linkages

3 Comments

...op-ed "My vision of a livable city is one where kids like me can ride our bikes" https://t.co/7ONQEdWXAe — Jennifer Dill (@JenniferDillPSU) March 25, 2016 Like a Green Juice, but Boozy https://t.co/YEDKKWDaYY pic.twitter.com/aIDMNeMsni — Emily Han (@misschiffonade) March 25, 2016 Cool primitive technology site: https://t.co/UNyvtYOGgb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2016 With fewer winter 'chill hours' due to #ClimateChange, some #C...

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Los Angeles: Swag Town USA

Mr. Homegrown

August 10, 2006

Bikes, Thoughtstylings

...ty or so contest winners who bothered to attend shuffled off to load their bikes into their SUVs and drove home where, we suspect, many of the bikes will just sit in the garage. The handful of speakers who kicked off the event included representatives from the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the MTA, the Department of Transportation, Bicycling Magazine, and a former Bike Town USA contest winner from Irvine. Unless I missed something, none of...

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How to Make Stock

Mrs. Homegrown

June 19, 2014

Food, How-to

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...ut them in the freezer if you don’t have time to make stock at the moment. Making fish stock is pretty much like making chicken stock with a carcass. Gather all the fish bits or shells you have and add them to the basic ingredients for veg stock. Skip the mushrooms and potatoes, though. Maybe add a little more onion. Parsley goes well with fish, so try to use that if you can. A bit of thyme is also very nice. White wine is a traditional addition t...

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