Is Urban Homesteading Over With?

...hat people are actually doing. Here’s what I found: Backyard Chickens Many urban homesteading activities are seasonal–in spring people start searching for information on chickens and vegetable gardens, so you’ll see upward spikes towards the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Judging from the results on “backyard chickens,” it looks like that it’s a trend that is growing in popularity. Some of this activity may be related to legalization ef...

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Urban Livestock and Bikes!

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: Eating Flowers, Peach Mustard and the Patron Saint of Dentists

.../SLqvn0G9Fh — HarvardPublicHealth (@HarvardChanSPH) August 26, 2018 Eating flowers seems almost heretical. If plants could talk, wouldn't they say, you can look, even sniff, but please don’t wolf down my pretty petals? https://t.co/ldbPSpCSmc — Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) September 1, 2018 Gracias al amor por las bicis, muchos pandilleros dejaron la violencia para apostarle a la paz en la Ciudad de México. pic.twitter.com/gORixD7zG3 — AJ+ Español...

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Edible and Tasty Arugula Flowers

...d plant tomatoes and a few other summer veggies. I may keep some of the arugula that has gone to flower a little longer. Why? arugula flower taste great in salads bees love them arugula self seeds readily The flowers, which taste like the leaves, are a reminder of my favorite time of year: arugula season. Each year I curse myself for not planting more arugula. Do you have a favorite edible flower?...

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Saturday Tweets: The Earth Laughs in Flowers

...ttps://t.co/DBZAsfwYuw via @wnep — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2016 "Smells like trash," replied Tim when I asked him to smell his first starfish plant flower… https://t.co/tFqaB2V6TP pic.twitter.com/p8oaMXYezP — The Horticult (@TheHorticult) August 25, 2016 "The earth laughs in flowers." Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Poet's Garden, Vincent van Gogh, 1888. pic.twitter.com/u8yxJjNck9 — Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) August 21, 2016 how to sha...

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