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Handmade, Homegrown Apron Contest

Homegrown Neighbor
Miscellaneous
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Homegrown Evolution reader Pam Neuendorf has offered fellow readers a chance to win one of her handmade aprons. She sells her wares through Etsy, a website where crafters and artisans can sell their goods. You can see more of her aprons here. She has an ordinary day job but is a maven of craft by night. Pam says, “I love making aprons. They make me happy.” I am a big fan of aprons. They are useful for cooking, gardening or just lo...

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The Homegrown Revolution Broadleaf Plantain Pizza

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Foraging
1 Comment
...r work surface (usually a marble slab), oven temp (800° F), pizza preparation, etc. While we haven’t constructed a wood burning oven yet, in the summertime it’s possible to make a authentic Neopolitan pizza at the Homegrown Revolution compound topped with buffalo mozzarella (available at Trader Joes), and Roma tomatoes and chopped basil from the garden. But in the wintertime we eat the Homegrown Revolution pizza, a highly unauthorized...

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SurviveLA becomes Homegrown Revolution!

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
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For the kids out there, the woman in the picture above is operating a ditto machine, what we children of the 60s and 70s used before the internets came out. Perhaps we’ll revert back to it when the shit goes down. In the meantime, SurviveLA is in the process of going international and to facilitate this we’re changing our name to Homegrown Revolution (www.homegrownrevolution.org). Stay calm, our content will stay the same. All the ol...

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Artichoke Season at the Homegrown Revolution Compound

Mr. Homegrown
Vegetable Gardening
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...ke crazy. Suckers can be transplanted elsewhere. They’re damn tasty either steamed, combined with pasta or made into an omelet. They do best in foggy coastal places but will also grow in the warmer interior where the Homegrown Revolution compound resides. In cooler locales they will thrive all year round. In warmer places they die back in the summer but return like crazy in the early spring. We just cut them to the ground when the leaves...

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Happy Thanksgiving, Now Go Buy Something

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
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We’re kidding. Well, sort of. Hopefully you’ll negotiate a truce with your family today to forgo expensive and wasteful holiday gift giving. Like us, you probably are also heavy users of the public library. But just in case you need to find the right gift for the fanatical urban homesteader in your life we’ve opened a Homegrown Evolution Amazon Store which contains books and tools that we actually own and use around our humble...

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Root Simple Video Podcast in the iTunes Store

Mr. Homegrown
Videos
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The Root Simple Video Podcast is now available in the iTunes store here. Currently there are two episodes, one on how to make a sourdough culture and the second on how to make a cotton ball fire starter. The videos can also be viewed on our website on our video page. The Root Simple Video Podcast is still in beta mode as we get the hang of editing for display on mobile devices. New episodes will appear soon including one on how to make a basic...

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Don’t store your cucumbers in the fridge

Mrs. Homegrown
Food
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Image courtesy of UC Davis. Photographer: Don Edwards Just in time for cucumber season, some news that surprises me. Did you know that you should store cucumbers at room temperature? Credit for my enlightenment goes to UC Davis. (May I just say bless UC Davis for all the good it does?) In this case I’m referencing their department of Post Harvest Technology. According to them, cukes should be stored at room temperature. If you do...

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How to Store Canned Goods: Take the Screw Band Off!

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Food Preservation, How-to
12 Comments
Right in the center, wrong on the left. Bungee cord ’cause we’re in earthquake country. Another quick tip from the Los Angeles Master Food Preservers: you should store your canned goods with the screw bands off. Why? So you can clean underneath the band to prevent spoilage and bugs. The screw band can create a false seal. Leaving the screw bands on can cause corrosion.  The only time to have the screw bands on is if you...

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The Whip: A Homemade Moisturizer How-To from Making It

Mrs. Homegrown
Calendula series, Domesticus, Herbs
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...217;s not really possible to make a perfect lotion with these ingredients. Their union is not stable. I think my lotion might be defined as a temporary emulsification brought around by force.  To create something stable, like store bought lotions, you really need to use chemical emulsifiers /emulsifying waxes. And I’m not saying that’s bad–I personally am not interested in playing junior chemist. I use beeswax because we have a...

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Bulk Bin Microgreens

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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scent lights. Many seed companies offer microgreen mixes and seeds in bulk. Prices are reasonable considering that you need a lot of seed. But, being cheap, I was curious to see if I could germinate seeds from a health food store bulk bin. I chose my least favorite health food store, a depressing space tucked into a mini-mall where the isles are redolent with that unmistakable and unidentifiable 1970s health food store scent. Is it some chemica...

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