Real Estate Bubble Bananas

...y looking when the wind rips up their leaves. But they are one of the most greywater tolerant plants and a good choice for paring with the outflow of a shower or laundry machine. Fruit score: 10 to the squirrels 2 to the people I’m sorry to say that I don’t know what variety this banana tree is, but June is a good month to plant bananas here in Southern California. Figuring out when to harvest bananas is tricky. Some yellow and mature on the plant...

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Water Harvesting Rock Star Brad Lancaster

...h his brother’s family, his “living laboratory”. Here he plants around the greywater from his outdoor shower, bathtub and washing machine. He captures 100,000 gallons of rainwater per year on their property and surrounding public right-of-way. He cooks with a solar oven and heats his water using a 2 salvaged, conventional gas heaters stripped of insulation, painted black, and put in an insulated box with glass facing south to collect the sun’s ray...

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Off to Baghdad by the Bay

...Homegrown Revolution is heading to San Francisco in our PPV on art business for a few days and to visit our comrades at Petaluma Urban Homestead. On our return we’ll post about our new illegal greywater strategy and our evolving thoughts on chicken housing. In the meantime check out our musings on guerrilla gardening over at Realty Sandwich....

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Summer Solstice Celebration at Holy Nativity

...House across the entire campus. I will be speaking about saving water and greywater (three 15-minute talks, at 10, 11, 12) The open house will feature garden tours, oven explanation (the oven mud is now drying), highlights from other campus organizations like Teri Roseman’s LiveYoga Wellness, Patricia Rose’s Fresh-food-in-a-flash cooking classes, the Food Forward gleaning program, art tours by Steve O’Laughlin, and much more. Steve’s band will be...

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Saturday Tweets: Urine, Cats and Swedish Dresses Made From Ikea Bags

...h c. pic.twitter.com/0AlIX5uNEt — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) June 9, 2016 Greywater Recycling Nutrient Film Hydroponic System https://t.co/j1dmFkKEoj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 7, 2016 Swedish traditional costume made from Ikea bags https://t.co/PU5F8Jz5Yp pic.twitter.com/juEaVpO9sK — Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 6, 2016 Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers? via @modfarm https://t.co/r7BHsORXNG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 6,...

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