Remember to Label Those Jars!

June 13, 2012

“Label, label, label!” This was one of the most important lessons I learned in my Master Food Preserver training. You̵7;ll note, from the jars above, that I̵7;m not very good about this. When were those jars canned and what̵7;s in them? I have no idea. They were probably the result of some late night canning frenzy two years ago. At the time I probably thought to myself, “I̵7;ll label them in the morning.”...

Picture Sundays: Bike Rack With Bee Smoker

Mr. Homegrown

August 19, 2012

Animals, Bees, Bikes, Picture Sundays

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Bike Snob NYC predicted back in 2010 that beekeeping would be the new fixed-gear. Don̵7;t know where I found this picture (Facebook?) but it looks like bikes and bees are achieving a kind of synergy. I think this is a custom rack just for that handsome Dadant smoker, which like the design of the bicycle, has not changed much in a hundred years: Dadant smoker in 1910. Does this mean that Dadant will come out with a titanium smoker?...

Picture Sundays: Tropic Snow Peach

Mr. Homegrown

January 29, 2012

Picture Sundays

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A new feature on Root Simple: picture Sundays. Today, the first fruit tree on our compound to break dormancy–a Tropic Snow peach....

Dutch Edition of The Urban Homestead!

Mrs. Homegrown

November 17, 2011

Events

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The Dutch edition of our book The Urban Homestead is out! How cool is that? More info here....

Start Your Urban Homestead for One Dollar

Mr. Homegrown

May 16, 2013

Thoughtstylings

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The Lyth Cottage in Buffalo, purchased for $1. Photo: Buffalo Rising. Want to move to Buffalo, New York? If so the city has an Urban Homestead Program where you can get a house for a $1 plus closing costs. The rules–you̵7;ve got to: Fix code violations. Live in the house for at least three years. Have $5,000 in the bank for repairs. Too cold a climate for me, but you can read more about the program and see some success stories at Buf...

Urban Homestead Wins Book Award

Mr. Homegrown

April 22, 2009

Events

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Our book, The Urban Homestead just won a gold medal in the Independent Publisher Awards. To celebrate we̵7;ll throw in a back issue of Ripples magazine for the first twenty folks who buy a copy of our book off of this website. Ripples is, “A Revolutionary Journal of Seasonal Delight” published by the nice folks at www.dailyacts.org. Now that̵7;s enough tooting our own horn. We̵7;ll get back to posting when the dust settle...

Urban Chicken Enthusiasts Unite!

Homegrown Neighbor

August 22, 2009

Animals, Chickens

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Creating community is a vital part of the urban homesteading movement. For why should one make jam or grow zucchini without people to share it with? In a big, crazy city like L.A. there are lots of interesting people doing inspiring things, you just have to find them. I̵7;m always excited to meet new people who are interested in all the things we write about here at Homegrown Evolution. I was lucky to move a block away from Mr. and Mrs. Home...

Picture Sundays: A Chicken Coop Made From a Trampoline

Mr. Homegrown

October 28, 2012

Picture Sundays

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From the Homesteading/Survivalism Facebook page, a chicken coop made from a trampoline. Here̵7;s a little more on the project. This coop appears to be a DIY variation on the Joel Salatin movable poultry pen. I̵7;m assuming there̵7;s a way to lock the chickens in the top part at night to keep out critters that might dig under the run. ...

Picture Sundays: Can the Kaiser

Mr. Homegrown

September 2, 2012

Picture Sundays

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A WWI era pamphlet from the National War Garden Commission with the memorable slogans, “Can Vegetables and Fruit and the Kaiser Too” and, on the first page, “Back Up the Cannon by Use of the Canner.” You can download a copy via Archive.org....