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Plum Lemon Tomato Power’s Heirloom Tomato

Mr. Homegrown
Vegetable Gardening
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...d those loads of melamine laced pet food from China, they did somehow manage to track 1,840 confirmed cases of food-borne illnesses in domestic tomatoes. Again, urban homesteading revolutionaries, GROW YOUR OWN! We found that label and it’s a tomato called “Power’s Heirloom”. Here’s how the Seed Saver’s exchange catalog copy describes it, “First offered in the 1990 SSE Yearbook by Bruce McAllister from Fr...

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Lord of the Flies Inspired Bike Rack

Homegrown Neighbor
Bikes
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Homegrown Neighbor here. When I saw this unique piece of public art/functional bike rack I just had to stop and take a picture to share.  I was on my way home from the Central Library, where I had checked out some books on Belgian beer for a project I’m working on. I walked up Broadway to catch the bus home, stopping at Grand Central Market on the way. But outside the market I saw this truly strange sculpture with many bikes locked to it....

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Austin’s Rhizome Collective Evicted

Mr. Homegrown
Events
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...he building due to the City of Austin Code Enforcement declaring the building unsafe. This is a tragic loss and has been traumatic for the people who have invested so much in the space, from long nights of hard work repairing bikes and mailing off books to days of tending the garden to evenings of laughter in the kitchen. The Rhizome collective is asking for donations on their website, www.rhizomecollective.org. I would also suggest buying a copy...

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Saturday Linkages: Rude and Stinky

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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The very stinky Dracunculus vulgaris on the Garden Professors’ Blog Stacking metal lunchbox made from tuna cans: http:// boingboing.net/2012/06/28/sta  … Grow Something Rude and Smelly-Dracunculus vulgaris: http:// ow.ly/1O9FIl Moss Tiles – a rally bad idea: http:// ow.ly/1O9FGX Life Magazine 1948: Chicago Family’s Mutant Bikes http:// is.gd/kSBy9U via @bikejuju Geodesic Hub Connectors – http://www. domerama.com/d...

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Happy Holidays from Homegrown Evolution

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
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We didn’t get around to our annual Christmas missive this year so we’ll have to share some silliness via the interwebs. Here at Homegrown Evolution we like to combine the country and the city. Kinda like this: Look out, this might get stuck in your head–what the Germans call “ohrwurm” (ear worm): Fröhliche Weihnachten! May your coming year be full of homegrown veggies, bikes and bathtub booze!...

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Edible Rooftop Gardens

Homegrown Neighbor
Gardening, Rooftop Gardening, Self Watering Containers, Vegetable Gardening
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...a roof, but it is smack dab in the middle of the city and was pretty impressive. And since I may be visiting Austin, I’d like to know of any cool projects or people I should visit there. Anyone who brews beer, builds bikes, does some serious composting, is an urban farmer or raises chickens would be great. And I’d love to see some community gardens. So Texas, I want to hear from you. Leave a comment or email me at fullcirclegarden...

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They want to ride to school. So they do.

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes, Thoughtstylings
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...how: No doubt our educational dollars were well spent showing the kids the informative educational displays: I noticed that some of the students at the car show had been given traffic safety pamphlets about how to safely ride bikes. Car companies have been producing pedestrian and bike safety info for years. At the risk of being somewhat conspiratorial, auto industry produced safety materials often carry a hidden message that walking and biking a...

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Saturday Linkages: Fueling Up

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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...gs/  … Thoughtstylings Mark Bittman: A Simple Fix for Farming http:// nyti.ms/VjNlZb Fueling up: http:// we2our2.blogspot.com/2012/10/fuelin g-up.html  … Health The Island Where People Forget to Die http:// nyti.ms/S3Mitk Bikes Nice graphic showing why taking the lane is a good idea. http:// ow.ly/eIgHH   (via Commute Orlando)  From the Root Simple Archive  Appletastic Apple Cake http://www. rootsimple.com/2010/12/applet For these links an...

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Bike to Work Week

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes
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It’s bike to work week and time to RIDE! That being said, we’re a little disappointed by the iconography our Metropolitan Transit Authority is using to advertise what we otherwise think is a worthwhile cause. It reminds us of an essay by Michael Smith about a poster designed for the equally clueless New York City Department of Transportation. Our MTA seems to feel that only children should ride bikes–at least that’s the u...

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