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The Homegrown Revolution Chickens

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Animals, Chickens
...Some very difficult to photograph chicks have arrived at the Homegrown Revolution compound courtesy of East Valley Tack and Feed. We have just three to start with–an Araucana, a feisty Rhode Island Red, and a Barred Rock. We’ll describe the luxurious coop, dubbed “Chicken Guantanamo”, and our improvised brooder later . . ....

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What to do with not-so-good tomatoes

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Food, Recipes, Tomatoes
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...our homegrown tomatoes to come in, we might find ourselves buying grocery store tomatoes out of desperation and then–inevitably- being disappointed. Usually I try to avoid store-bought tomatoes all together, using canned when good fresh tomatoes are not available, but sometimes canned tomatoes just aren’t what you need, so you have to wait for summer… or suffer bad tomatoes. Now there’s a middle way. Grocery store tomatoes can be reformed. I glea...

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How to Store Bulk Goods

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Food, Preparedness
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...food in bulk and eat from it. Restock as you eat. Need some tips on how to store food? Utah State University has you covered. I’d emphasize the importance of buying foods you like to eat. And watch out for pantry moths. UC Davis has a nice fact sheet on dealing with pantry pests. Lastly, share resources and techniques with your neighbors. Knowing the folks on our block, thanks to our neighbor Jennie’s monthly happy hour parties, has been helpful....

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Is Diagonal the New Horizontal? The Evolution of the “Flipper” Fence

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Design, Thoughtstylings
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We’re in the midst of what seems like a new real estate bubble here in Los Angeles. Houses get so many bids that buyers have to write letters to the owner to beg for the privilege of buying their dilapidated bungalow. To take advantage of this market, house flippers have developed a new architectural vocabulary based, I think, on a kind of mash up of stuff from Home Depot and ideas from back issues of Dwell Magazine. One of the most persistent fl...

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