Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

November 24, 2018

...s in the care of @ucdavisvetmed. Her owner, Jim, says she led the other 17 goats in his herd to safety, taking the brunt of the burn injures. She's an #animalhero in his eyes. @ucdavis pic.twitter.com/2SCZpClfAA — UC Davis Vet Med (@ucdavisvetmed) November 24, 2018 Houseplanters Who Do YouTube https://t.co/STPLkGFoPk via @GardenRant — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 24, 2018 Beekeepers at Risk of Losing Hives after Mosquito Insecticide Spra...

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Saturday Tweets: Dogs, Land Use, Kale and Rocket Cats

Mr. Homegrown

August 4, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...IVCOl — Jeannette Warnert (@jwarnert) August 3, 2018 #Breaking – About 100 goats are on the loose right now in a #Boise neighborhood. They are going house to house eating everything in sight. Nobody has a clue where they came from…updates to follow pic.twitter.com/K0ghUwQEfk — Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) August 3, 2018 Fascinating look at how America uses its land https://t.co/H1eP86WWXq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 2, 2018 This project proves tha...

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Shedcropolis: A Garden Shed Made From (Mostly) Salvaged Materials

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2016

Design

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...e to note my shed’s “celebrity columns.” Or maybe I should call the shed “Chivocropolis.” But then we’d have to get goats....

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Is the Detroit Urban Farm Revolution Over?

Mr. Homegrown

October 24, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...David and Sky Brown’s house. It appears that a young couple, David and Sky Brown, who bought a $2,000 house in Detroit last May ran afoul of an Animal Control officer on Wednesday. The couple’s goats and chickens were seized over the tearful pleas of their owners. There’s more on the story here. The Browns have asked for help on their blog. If any Detroit area readers know more about this story please leave a comment. Update: there’s a petition....

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Journal of the New Alchemists

Mr. Homegrown

April 25, 2014

Appropriate Technology, Aquaculture, Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Water and Power

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...power, four season growing, permaculture, non-hierarchical leadership and goats. Only the 1980s era of appropriate technology amnesia separates current efforts from the work of the New Alchemists. Aquaponic system. Image: Journal of the New Alchemy. By accident I discovered the Journal of the New Alchemists deep in the closed stacks of the Los Angeles Central Library. As revealed by their journal, what distinguishes the New Alchemists from other...

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