How to Raise Poultry

April 16, 2010

...the Society for Preservation of Poultry Antiquities is countering these trends which is why I was delighted to get a copy of her latest book How to Raise Poultry . How to Raise Poultry covers our familiar feathered friends, chickens, ducks and turkeys but also details the history and husbandry of everything from swans to emus. While I may never keep ostriches, it certainly was entertaining to read about them (don’t mess with an angry one...

Homegrown Evolution at Modern Times San Francisco

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...ed at 888 Valencia Street in the beating heart of the Mission District. Come on out and support this indepedent, collectively owned bookstore which has been in business since 1971 and hear Mrs Homegrown talk about vegetables, chickens and much more....

Vote Yes on 2 (if you’re in Cali)

Mr. Homegrown

November 3, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...nce the disappearance of family farms in the 1970s. Does Proposition 2 address the underlying problems, i.e. bloated farm bills and agricultural policies that subsidize and incentivize large scale industrial farms? Is keeping chickens in big sheds with no sunlight (“cage free” and “free range”) a good idea and will prop 2 take care of this? Sadly, no on both counts. But we’ve gotta start somewhere. We were especially...

Kitchen Alchemy

Mr. Homegrown

November 6, 2008

Food, Recipes

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“Those who believe civilization can be run according to different principles – humane, equitable, and collaborative ones – need to step forward now with concrete proposals and put ideals into practice.” -Daniel Pinchbeck A Homegrown Evolution reader quite rightly scolded us recently for not writing enough about what people in apartments who can’t keep gardens or chickens can do. It’s our contention that all of...

How To Design a Garden Step I: Identifying Goals

Mr. Homegrown

January 24, 2012

Garden Design, Gardening

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...lowing ideas about what our garden should provide: solace and comfort a place to meditate food habitat for insects and birds beauty a place to sit and hang out with friends a place to sit and work with a laptop space for our chickens flowers for bees space for native plants areas that are semi-wild and not often visited space for the composting Think and meditate on your goals before drawing up a plan. And for those of us in the urban homes...