Urban Beekeeping 101 with Paul Hekimian, Director of HoneyLove

October 5, 2020

...ing your own beehive sound intriguing? If yes, then this class is for you. Urban Beekeeping 101 will cover everything you need to know on how to get started! We will cover local bee ordinances, what urban beekeeping is or is not, where to place a hive, what equipment is needed, choosing a type of beehive, where to get bees, how to harvest honey and how to find a mentor. Join this webinar and learn from Paul Hekimian, 2nd generation beekeeper and d...

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Saturday Linkages: The Usual Suspects–Goats, Bikes and Tiny Houses

Mr. Homegrown

May 18, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...As CicLAvia proves, Angelenos are eager to get out of their cars and onto bikes | http://OregonLive.com http://www.oregonlive.com/cycling/index.ssf/2013/04/as_ciclavia_proves_angelenos_a.html … “The Spokesman” A Great 3-Minute Video About Bikes http://is.gd/axokof Mounted Handlebars http://decorhacks.com/2013/03/mounted-handlebars/ … via Gutter Cloud http://decorhacks.com/2013/03/gutter-cloud/ … Gross Ignoring Bee Crisis, EPA Greenlights New ‘Hig...

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A Transportation Cocktail: Bikes, Trains and Buses

Mr. Homegrown

January 18, 2009

Bikes

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...ind the best routes. I got my copy at the Rainbow Market. For more info on bikes on California Amtrak routes check here or call Amtrak, but always remember that when you bring up bikes with a customer service person it will be the first time they’ve ever heard the question. Now back to the slow, but entertaining San Joaquin train. While it takes longer than driving or flying, the views of the Central Valley can’t be beat. You’re well off the highw...

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Why Urban Farm?

Mr. Homegrown

June 10, 2007

Animals, Chickens

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...r total up to four. Such are the cycles of life and death on the new urban homestead. Bryan Welch, who raises livestock and is also the publisher and editor of the always informative Mother Earth News, wrote an editorial in the February issue called “Why I Farm” in which he says, “There’s a Buddhist wisdom in the stockman’s cool compassion. The best of them seem to understand that our own lives on this Earth are as irrefutably temporary as the liv...

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Looking for the Union Label

Mr. Homegrown

September 12, 2007

Domesticus

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...d a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company called Union House which carries a functional, if unexciting line of apparel. Unless hipsters take to golf shirts in an ironic fashion judo move, these offerings will never be cool like the domestically made clothes made by the union busting folks o...

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