Picture Sundays: An Altoid Box EDC

March 10, 2013

Reader Ben Wison sent sent an email about his EDC (everyday carry), along some photos, Wanted to let you see my EDCs. enjoyed your posts, and figured I would share my improvised Altoids tin. The dividers are made from empty tins cut and riveted in place. My next addition is a iron thin envelope under the mints containing a mini survival kit. Ben promises an update once the mini-survival kit is assembled. Want to see more EDC “pocket dump&...

Picture Sundays: Mysterious Microwave Button

Mr. Homegrown

April 15, 2012

Picture Sundays

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So this microwave has a “personal choice” button right next to the popcorn setting. No determinism button. I think this proves something....

Picture Sundays: Giant Crops of the Future

Mr. Homegrown

May 20, 2012

Picture Sundays

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...re tender and tasty — and controllable as to ripening time. Seasonal vegetables like corn will be available fresh nearly everywhere for most of the year instead of only a month or so. Loopy, but kinda prescient. Not sure it’s gonna work out so well!...

Picture Sundays: The Cawston Ostrich Farm

Mr. Homegrown

April 22, 2012

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“Reaching for oranges, Cawston Ostrich Farm, So Pasadena, CA.” Ostriches seemed to be a big tourist attraction in the early 20th century. This place also featured a “solar motor”–click to bigulate: Personally, I’d much rather visit the Cawston Ostrich Farm than Disneyland....

Picture Sundays: A Car Exhaust Powered Pressure Cooker

Mr. Homegrown

April 29, 2012

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From the June 1930 issue of Modern Mechanics: Automatic Food Cooker Runs by Exhaust Heat of Car Meals can literally be cooked on the run through the use of the automatic cooker shown in the photo above. The cooker is mounted on the rear bumper of the motor tourist’s car and an extension from the exhaust pipe connected up with it, as shown in the insert. The cooker contains a steam pressure kettle which is heated by the hot exhaust gases....

Picture Sundays: Ferment With the Devil

Mr. Homegrown

May 6, 2012

Picture Sundays

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Mrs. Homegrown was poking around her computer and found an old image we had intended to use for Krautfest 2009. It’s sort of a sauerkraut meets heavy metal t-shirt concept complete with nonsensical umlauts. So we decided to revive the image as an actual t-shirt available in the Root Simple cafe press store. Kraut on!...

Picture Sundays: Bread Porn

Mr. Homegrown

March 3, 2013

Bread, Food, Picture Sundays

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They don’t always turn out this nice, but I managed to make a few good loaves this week. Video on how to do this is on the way, I promise....

Picture Sundays: Compulsory Chickens

Mr. Homegrown

July 1, 2012

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...quire little attention–only a few minutes a day. An Interested child, old enough to take a little responsibility, can care for a few fowls as well as a grown person. Every back yard in the United Sates should contribute its share to a bumper crop of poultry and eggs in 1918. In time of Peace a Profitable RecreationIn time of War a Patriotic Duty...