Forager and Humanurist Nancy Klehm in Los Angeles

February 11, 2013

Events

Nancy Klehm is coming to Los Angeles for two exciting events–one on foraging and the other on humanure: Edible Urbanforage Walk Saturday February 16 4 to 6 pm. February, is the ideal time to forage Los Angeles! Nance Klehm will be leading this urbanforage. On this walk, we will learn to identify edible and medicinal plants, hear their botanical histories and stories of their use and share tastes of what we find. The urbanforage will start...

Emergency Supplies: It’s all about the lids

Mrs. Homegrown

October 4, 2011

Domesticus, Preparedness

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...nd matching loo seat with a plastic bag full of wood shavings inside and a tp roll, so it’s ready to rock as a composting toilet. (For more on composting toilets, see this post of ours or go straight to the source, The Humanure Handbook.) The green bucket holds enough preservative-filled, ready-to-eat food to hold her for a day or two without access to cooking water or a stove. I deliberately chose foods that she wouldn’t be tempted...

June: National Bathroom Reading Month

Mr. Homegrown

June 26, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...items. We ordered our fig and pomegranate trees, our grape vines and our cover crop seeds from Peaceful Valley and have been happy with all of these items. Of course, here’s a book that should be in every bathroom, the Humanure Handbook....

Picture Sundays: The New Root Simple Whip

Mr. Homegrown

April 1, 2012

Picture Sundays

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And it’s powered by humanure! At last we have a stylish vehicle for our dog cheese deliveries....

Ikea Hack: Ancient Greek Couch

Mr. Homegrown

February 8, 2011

Design

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...ncient dining room or “triclinion.” What could I do with a triclinion? Glad you asked. At the triclinion, guests reclined on couches in a specific seating order. Woman and men ate separately. You brought your own humanure potty with you which also served as a projectile when philosophical arguments got out of hand. And the ancient Greeks even had professional party crashers with colorful nicknames such as, “the lobster.”...

We’re Car Free

Mr. Homegrown

March 28, 2013

Thoughtstylings, Transportation

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...ne to a college that combined rigorous writing classes with machine shop and auto repair. My dream: a Kickstarter campaign to fund the conversion of a 1970s era Dodge Viper into a bad-ass electric vehicle. Or fuel it with our humanure methane digester. Airbrush the Root Simple logo on the door and folks would really notice our arrival at book signings–especially when we do donuts in the parking lot. So, dear readers, what do you think we s...

Homegrown Revolution Visits SF

Mr. Homegrown

April 9, 2007

Thoughtstylings

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Homegrown Revolution will be heading up to San Francisco this week in search of tales of fermentation, backyard chickens, humanure and bikes. We’ll be back in LA just in time for mycologist Paul Stamets‘ lecture “How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” at the Farmlab. The lecture will be on Friday April 13, at 7:30 pm at 1745 N. Spring Street #4 Los Angeles, CA 90012....