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Urban Foraging with Nance Klehm

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Foraging
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Via The Little Green People Show, a podcast with Chicago̵7;s urban forager Nance Klehm: “We̵7;re not talking gardens or dumpster diving. This is a discussion of the riches that grow in our highway medians, city planters, backyards and rail lines. Expert forager, Nance Klehm, sheds light on the city̵7;s bounty, from medicinal plants to tasty greens. Getting to know the foraging landscape takes some time and energy, but gives bac...

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Spike 1998-2010

Mrs. Homegrown
Animals
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Our much loved 12 year old Doberman passed tonight. It̵7;s been a horrible day spent going back and forth to the emergency vet, but he went fast, which was a blessing. Right now we̵7;re blindsided. The house feels like it has a crater in the middle of it. He̵7;s been with us since he was a puppy, so we really don̵7;t know how to get along without him anymore. His name was Spike, unless it was Deiter, which was also his name. He...

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Summer 2010 Tomato Report

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Gardening
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Tomato season began inauspiciously with unseasonably cold weather for Southern California. I simply couldn̵7;t get any seeds to germinate. Thankfully, Craig of gardenedibles.com came to the rescue with a couple of seedlings for us. Here̵7;s a recap of our tomato successes and failures: Red Pear. I̵7;ve grown this one before. It̵7;s a plump, ribbed, meaty tomato. It̵7;s flavorful and amazing both fresh and made into sauce. Cr...

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What’s the dirt on soap nuts?

Mrs. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
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Sapindus mukorossi fruits , image from Wikimedia Commons Mrs. Homegrown here: I̵7;m trying to take a temperature reading on soap nuts. Have you used them? Did you like them? How do you use them–as laundry detergent, shampoo, soap? Do you use whole nuts or make a liquid? How long have you been using them? Do you find a big difference between brands? If you could shoot me a comment, I̵7;d really appreciate it. On a more advanced...

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Picture Sundays: Uncle Sam Calls For Fruit Plantings On Every Farm & Suburban Homestead

Mrs. Homegrown
Picture Sundays
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At a lecture at last week̵7;s National Heirloom Exposition, Gary Nabhan passed around this in-house newspaper directed at the sales force working for Stark Brothers Nursery in 1946. To assist the Government̵7;s new Home FRUIT PLANTING campaign, Stark Bro̵7;s have been conducting a huge Direct-Mail drive to create interest in this important subject. Inquiries from the huge Direct-Mail Campaign are referred to YOU as soon as you start...

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Countdown

Mrs. Homegrown
Events
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Our new book comes out just about a month–April 26th–and today two super-advance copies came to us by mail. Believe me, it̵7;s awfully strange to see something that has existed only as computer files suddenly materialize on your porch! We realize we haven̵7;t given our new book a formal introduction yet, so here goes.  Making It: Radical Home-Ec for a Post Consumer World is our follow up to The Urban Homestead . The...

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Press

e and Erik Knutzen grow food, keep chickens, brew, bike, bake, and plot revolution from their 1/12-acre farm in the heart of Los Angeles. They are the keepers of the popular DIY blog, Root Simple, and the authors of The Urban Homestead (2008), which the New York Times calls “…the contemporary bible on the subject” and Making It (2011) a project book for post-consumer society. In addition to their writing and blogging, Kelly and Erik teach a...

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Homegrown Evolution in Chicago

Mr. Homegrown
Events
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for a fun class on how to make a sub-irrigated planter (SIP) out of two buckets. As a bonus, meet Homegrown Evolution blogger and author Erik Knutzen, who will be co-teaching the class and signing copies of his book The Urban Homestead. Bring some gloves and learn how to make and plant your own SIP. Leave with everything you need for a summer of fresh heirloom tomatoes–all you add is about 6 hours of good sun per day in your yard, balcony, or roo...

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Casting out the lawn

Mr. Homegrown
Lawns, Thoughtstylings
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and our general unhappiness. But a consciousness shift is underway led by forward thinking folks like the parishioners of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in West Los Angeles who have teamed up with the non-profit organization Urban Farming to rip up their entire 1,200 square foot south lawn to plant vegetables for the congregation and the LAX Food Pantry. From their press release: “Holy Nativity is a strong community center with focus on...

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