Picture Sundays: US Postal Service Creates World’s Ugliest Stamp

November 18, 2012

I got some stamps out of a machine at the post office yesterday and this is what got barfed out. Is this a sign of the imminent collapse of the US empire or just evidence that the email thing is making the post office go broke? Either way, you’d think the Postal Service would be embarrassed by this graphic design nightmare. How do we get them to reissue this one? I may not be a big fan of the American Poultry Industry, but that sure is a...

Urban Farm Magazine

Mr. Homegrown

August 26, 2009

Events, Resources, Urban Farming

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We have a article on urban farmers across America in the premiere issue of a magazine bound to appeal to readers of this blog, Urban Farm. Our article, Where Urban Meets Farm, profiles the efforts of our friends the Green Roof Growers of Chicago, Em Jacoby of Detroit and Kelly Yrarrazaval of Orange County. All of these fine folks have repurposed urban and suburban spaces to grow impressive amounts of food, a common sense trend popular enough to...

Picture Sundays: Canning With Karo

Mr. Homegrown

June 2, 2013

Picture Sundays

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Another gem from the folks at Kitsch and Retro. Fruit does taste better canned with a bit of sugar, but I have a feeling this product would be way too sweet for my taste. And I’m not sure how using corn sugar qualifies as saving sugar. But I’m sure it would delight the family....

Picture Sundays: Compulsory Chickens

Mr. Homegrown

July 1, 2012

Picture Sundays

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I found this old ad posted in Facebook. Even the smallest back yard has room for a flock large enough to supply the house with eggs. The cost of maintaining such a flock is small. Table and kitchen waste provide much of the feed for the hens. They require 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 Un...

Picture Sundays: I’m One Taco Short of a Combination Platter

Mr. Homegrown

February 3, 2013

Picture Sundays

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It’s a huge non sequitur, but today’s impending Superbowl made me think of the gatefold for the ZZ Top album Tres Hombres. Perhaps it was the publicity person who wanted me to promote a birria meat stew concocted by a celebrity chef (and celebrity flag football participant–who knew there was such a thing?) in conjunction with the Superbowl. Or maybe I’m having a Proust moment, except with nachos instead of madeleines. So...

Picture Sundays: Smart Car Cargo Option

Mr. Homegrown

July 29, 2012

Picture Sundays

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Spotted in Meiners Oaks, CA. One person’s creative solution to not having enough cargo space....

Picture Sundays: Doberman Chariots

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2013

Picture Sundays

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“Ready for the race! Brutus of Quintre and his charge are ready for the sulky races, a regular feature of some of the South African sporting events.” Photos via The Doberman Insider. Now that we are without a car, it’s time for us to figure out alternative forms of transportation. Our late dog was a Doberman and I remembered a book we used to have about the breed that showed some unusual events that used to be held in South Afr...