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Cutting a Beehive Out of a Wall

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Bees
6 Comments
...of brood in it next to the wall and took a break. Russ gave Kirk a call and he suggested we spray the mass of workers with sugar water and use our bee brush to push them into a dust pan. The sugar water occupies the bees with cleaning themselves and makes them easier to move. Once in the dust pan they are easy to dump into the nuc box where, we hoped, the queen had taken up residence. After scooping up as many workers as we could we taped up the...

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Should Reuseable Bags Be Washed?

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Thoughtstylings
9 Comments
...of foodborne disease, and the cause of half of all gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide.4. Whenever possible, ill persons should use a separate bathroom to reduce the potential for spread of the virus. Notify family members or cleaning staff about the need for thorough disinfection of surfaces. There goes my business plan for a combination bathroom/salad bar at the airport! But it does seem like washing hands should be a higher priority than washi...

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SIPS and Kraut at Project Butterfly

Mr. Homegrown
Events
2 Comments
...tribution:: $20 [ includes a delicious light vegetarian meal and drinks ] Location:Project Butterfly Loft821 Traction Ave #108Los Angeles CA 90013 Blurbs:“The Urban Homestead…touches on vegetable gardening, poultry, DIY cleaning products and beer making — all outlined with a sense of play and fun.—Whole Life Times “…a delightfully readable and very useful guide to front- and back-yard vegetable gardening, food foraging, food pre...

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Build a Worm Tower

Mrs. Homegrown
Composting, Vermiculture
13 Comments
...ves in the cool soil during the day. Conversely, I can imagine this wouldn’t be such a great thing in rainy climates as it could easily flood. Nancy told us the worm holes clog up, so you do have to remove the pipe for cleaning fairly regularly, and perhaps take that opportunity to reposition it. I imagine that’s when the casting harvest would occur, and harvest promises to be a pretty messy process.  The video speaks of using PVC...

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Loofah Sponges

Mrs. Homegrown
Cleaning, Domesticus, Gardening
14 Comments
...ted in growing them that have never grown anything before by showing them the luffa. Thanks for the feedback, Candace! And thanks for reminding us about this great plant. It’s just fantastic to be able to grow your own cleaning tools. They’re expensive in stores–too expensive to consider using on dishes and such–and just try to find one that’s organic and locally harvested! Most people think loofah sponges come fro...

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Oops! Sorry!

Mrs. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
5 Comments
Thank you for your kind comments, but condolences are not necessary. Chickenzilla passed a few years back. See, I’m cleaning up the labels or tags on our old posts so that we can have a more effective search system, and somehow I republished 3 old posts as new posts, including one about the sad death of Homegrown Neighbor’s friendly rescued chicken, Chickenzilla. The other two were on figs and bike fashion, respectively. I’ve j...

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Barefoot Running Update

Mr. Homegrown
Fitness
11 Comments
...I realize that many of you are not runners, but I bring up this subject on this home economics related blog since I think it begs the question, “what other products in our lives are unnecessary and detrimental?” Cleaning products? Pharmaceuticals? If this blog post by Brooks shoe CEO Jim Weber is any indication, the folks with the money are a bit scared at the thought that we might all wake up some day to the realization that we don...

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Scrubbin’ It

Mr. Homegrown
Cleaning, Domesticus
16 Comments
...scrapes with a flat spatula. Unless you’ve really burnt dinner or something.  I’m laughing right now that Erik should put forth opinions on scrubbing cast iron, when in fact he’s very, very good at avoiding cleaning it day to day. He’ll do dishes, but “forget” the pans on the stove. Forget them for, like, what is it now…15 years?  He’s excited by the sturdy, attractive qualities of this object, and...

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Essential System #5 – First Aid Kit

Mr. Homegrown
Preparedness
2 Comments
...w to administer CPR Duct tape – a wonder product, cheaper than medical tape – use it to adhere bandages, deal with blisters and a host of other things Any prescription medications that you take Syringe – for cleaning out wounds – you can also improvise this with a water bottle Antibiotic cream If you already have a first aid kit you can pimp it out with a few of these items. We can’t emphasize enough the importance o...

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