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Barley Water

Mrs. Homegrown
Food, Recipes
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...clean and continue cooking. –Pearl barley is barley that has had the bran scrubbed off of it. It’s what I find around here in grocery stores. Hulled barley is less common, but if you have access to a good health food store you should be able to find it. It’s more nutritious than the pearled kind. –You will have leftover barley when you make this drink, but it need not be wasted. If you use one of the cooking methods, you...

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Dog Cheese

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Recipes
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As Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin put it, “A meal without cheese is like a beautiful woman who lacks an eye” and we’d add that a cheese without life, without flavor, without character like so much of the tasteless plastic wrapped crap to be found in our nation’s supermarkets simply isn’t worthy of the table. As urban homesteaders we’re particularly interested in finding sources of food in our dense concrete jun...

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...on a 1/12 acre lot where almost all of their land is devoted to growing edible or otherwise useful plants and trees. Their obsessions include bees, bikes, beer, chickens, healthy cities, healing herbs, simple living and good food. In short, everything DIY! We occassionally invite our friends to guest post for us. You may find writing here from Lora Hall (aka Homegrown Neighbor), Nancy Klehm and our friends from Ramshackle Solid:  Julia Posey and...

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Joshua Tree Earthen Finishes Class – March 2nd, 3rd & 4th

Mr. Homegrown
Events
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...class will be conducted about 12 miles outside of Joshua Tree National Park in Landers, California, some 40 miles from Palm Springs. Joshua Tree and the surrounding area have a wealth of great hiking, climbing, lodging and food options. Directions to the workshop site will be provided to attendees prior to the class. Registration: The cost for the three day workshop is $190/person. Coffee and nibbles will be provided at the beginning of the...

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Why You Should Have a Thermometer in Your Refrigerator/Freezer

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Food Preservation
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While I’m tempted to buy lots of kitchen gadgets (a male disease, I think), I know that to do so with a kitchen as small as ours is a foolish and costly pastime. One gadget that I picked up recently, however, has proven very useful: a refrigerator/freezer thermometer. Freezers should be kept at 0ºF (-18ºC). At that temperature most frozen foods will keep for a year. The refrigerator should be below 40ºF (4.5ºC). (Source: Food Safety Advis...

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Spreadin’ Seed

Mr. Homegrown
Seeds
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The past week was spent feverishly spreading genetic material around. No, we weren’t backstage with Metallica. We’re talking plants. Here’s a few ways we’ve been spinning the genetic biodiversity wheel in the past week: Seed Swaps Yesterday was International Seed Swap Day of Action, sponsored by Food not Lawns. We celebrated the day in Altadena with a bunch of local gardening enthusiasts and countless boxes of seeds. We g...

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Urban Chicken Classes

Homegrown Neighbor
Animals, Chickens
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...urban homesteading neighbors…… and the rest is history. The chickens helped us to create community in our neighborhood so now we are helping others to use poultry to promote neighborly public relations and local food. In the photo above Peckerella and banties Lita and Debbie eat an over ripe persimmon. Okay, Peckerella got most of it, but the banties stood up for themselves and stole a few bites....

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Gift Suggestions, from the Other Half

Mrs. Homegrown
Reviews
3 Comments
...till fascinated with this book’s thesis: that California Indians actively managed the California landscape, shaping it into the verdant paradise that awed the first European settlers to arrive here. They were practicing food forestry in it’s most advanced form, as well as wild life management. This book also introduced me to a concept I’m also still trying to wrap my head around: the idea that plants need us as much as we need t...

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Saturday Linkages: Pig’s Milk, Hot Sauce, Clutter

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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Nettle hot sauce recipe from the Wild Food Lab. How About a Nice Cold Glass of Camel, Buffalo, or Pig Milk? Artisinal cocktail movement gets out of hand: Stop the Madness! | Garden Rant http:// gardenrant.com/2012/07/stop-t he-madness.html  …   Yes, there’s a parasite of the day blog: http:// dailyparasite.blogspot.com The Clutter Culture via UCLA Magazine http:// magazine.ucla.edu/features/the-c lutter-culture/  … And, how to...

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