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Mushrooms and Yard Sharing

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
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et me know, or better yet if you̵7;ve done it yourself send me an email. And yes, there is Paul Stamets, but some psilocybin freak stole all his books out of the LA library. Secondly, I̵7;m writing another article for Urban Farm Magazine and I̵7;d like to speak to anyone who has set up or been a part of a yard sharing program. You get extra points if you are in New Jersey or Philadelphia. I̵7;m not looking for my fellow California...

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Hay Hooks–The New Hipster Accessory?

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens, Composting, Gardening
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With so many city chickens I predict that hay hooks will become just as indispensable to the urban hipster as is the fixed gear bicycle. After years of hauling staw bales up the 30 steps to our house (to use as bedding for the chickens) I just broke down and bought a pair. A vaquero at the feed store intervened with a neat tip when he saw me struggling to use my new hay hooks to load some bales into a friend̵7;s truck. Here̵7;s what he...

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City Farm Chicago

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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for economically under-developed neighborhoods. City Farm is a mobile endeavor. The basic idea is to take advantage of some vacant land and, when the inevitable development comes, pull up everything and move on. Assuming that urban land is contaminated, the City Farm folks simply piled up about three feet of compost, soil and mulch right on top of the broken concrete and asphalt of its current location. All that soil will move when the yuppie con...

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Growing Home: Agriculture in the City

Mrs. Homegrown
Events
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er 12, 8:30am-8:00pm Combining talks presenting a range of perspectives with a student poster session and Ranch tour, this one-day symposium brings together academics, students, and professionals interested in the future of urban agriculture. Gary Nabhan, world-renowned ethnobotanist, ecologist, writer, and grower of heritage food crops, will be the keynote speaker.   Tickets and details available through www.brownpapertickets.com...

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A Recipe for Injera

Mr. Homegrown
Bread, Fermentation, Food
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internets for a recipe and our old post about one of the ingredients, teff flour. The recipe we used comes from the excellent book Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz. This is a life changing recipe book that every urban homesteader should own–so go out and buy a copy! So here̵7;s how we made injera based on Katz̵7;s recipe: Ingredients 2 cups sourdough starter (check out our post on an easy way to keep and maintain a sourdough...

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Red Cabbage Kraut

Homegrown Neighbor
Fermentation, Food
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this case. I had never liked the sauerkraut I tried as a child. But now I am converted. I think if the kraut on my hot dog when I was a kid was bright pink, I would have liked it a lot better. This is my weird and wonderful urban farmer breakfast: raw kale, pinto beans, a spoonful of homemade pesto, eggs and kraut. Trust me, its delicious. I need a nutrition packed breakfast to go clean the chicken coop and garden all day. I got my kraut makin...

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The Art of Memory

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
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ary building you̵7;re using. While I̵7;ve got the basic concept of the art of memory I need to do some more practice. So far what I̵7;ve found it most useful for is learning people̵7;s names. And, as an urban homesteader, I always find myself learning new skills some of which require memorization. Now this won̵7;t help you find a lost set of car keys. That̵7;s what the ad Herennium calls “natural” memory which...

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How to Memorize Numbers

Mr. Homegrown
How-to, Thoughtstylings
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Giordano Bruno̵7;s insanely elaborate memory system. Yesterday we introduced an ancient memory system that can be handy for learning all those new urban homesteading skills. Today I̵7;ll briefly discuss a way to use a related mnemonic called the Major System for committing strings of numbers to memory. To use the Major System you first memorize a set of consonants that represent 0 through 9. From Wikipedia, here̵7;s a tabl...

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Playin’ Possum

Mr. Homegrown
Pests
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;it is legal and safe to do so”  (can I employ our local gang?) Habitat control is a great way to keep the population of critters like opossums at manageable levels. But there̵7;s a problem here for those of us in urban or suburban areas. I could do all of these things (minus the gunplay) but what if several neighbors on my block have fallen fruit, outdoor pet food, and open basements? What we need is an integrated pest management ver...

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