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Self Irrigating Planter Resources

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Self Watering Containers
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...w the Earthbox company’s user guide for how to fill the box, what kind of soil to use and how to fertilize. For a nice example of rooftop and window gardening with SIPs see the Green Roof Growers of Chicago. How to make a small SIP with soda bottles. Here’s another variation with conventional pots. Last night we went to a wonderful screening organized by the folks at How to Homestead. They have an interesting SIP variation made with milk crates pr...

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Bisphenol-A

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Thoughtstylings
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...the early onset of puberty in girls. We’ve done our best around our little urban homestead to eliminate plastics from our lives, but where we still encounter BPA is in canned foods which we like to have on hand. Next time you pop open a can take a look at the inside–odds are there is a nearly invisible clear plastic lining which is where you’ll find the BPA. So with BPA we have yet another one of those throw up your hands in disgust, anger and des...

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Come see us at the fair!

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Miscellaneous
...lion, on the San Vicente side of the park. 1:oo-2:00: We’ll be signing The Urban Homestead at the Feral House Booth/Sexy Groove Lounge with the Feral House Pixies. Other spectacular Feral House/Process authors will be signing throughout the day, too. Location: booths C8 & C9, in the “Imix” zone, which is sort of between the food court and the pool. 2:00-2:30: We’re doing a demo at the booth–making butter! Afterward we’ll just be hanging out for th...

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TV Turnoff week April 23 – 30, 2008

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Events, Thoughtstylings
We don’t come from the sackcloth and ashes wing of the urban homestead movement. There’s no forced austerity around the Homegrown Evolution compound, no sufferfests, no “more-meek-than-thou” contests. It’s about pleasure not denial, after all. But, to use the “d” word, one thing we denied ourselves for many years was television. And during this TV Turnoff week, we thought we’d share our struggles with the tube. Ten years ago, when we moved into o...

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