Saturday Linkages: Well Tended Fires, Gardening Myths and a Spartan House

June 28, 2014

....to/kSevPBG ‘Hobbit house’ set to be knocked down http://bit.ly/1qttpPH 10 Gardening Myths Busted! http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20815937,00.html … One for the honey: Beekeeping frame storage – IKEA Hackers http://po.st/IdBwgN A very low tech hearing aid: http://tinyurl.com/knbhgxr Spartan House http://smallhouseswoon.com/spartan-house/ Something for @gilcedillo: What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse |...

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105 GardenNerd’s Tips for Organic Gardening Success

Mr. Homegrown

July 12, 2017

Gardening, Podcasts, Vegetable Gardening

..., who returns this week to discuss her new ebook 400 Plus Tips for Organic Gardening Success. As you might guess we touch on a lot of topics and tips including: Monarch VR CropSwap Time Banking Homestead Hamlet Repair Cafés Sandflex Almanac.com Epic Seeds Baker Creek Seed Savers Exchange Renee’s Garden Summer Spinach National Heirloom Expo Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry Keeping tomatoes healthy mid-season Powdery mildew When to harvest tomatoes Extend...

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Saturday Tweets: Naked Gardening Day Edition

Mr. Homegrown

May 2, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...6 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 30, 2015 Are you ready for world naked gardening day? http://t.co/QRDcDWRvSn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 1, 2015 Research confirms inadequacy of codpieces in TV version of Wolf Hall http://t.co/iG9vGdUbIG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 1, 2015 Via @Gawker, a TN school serves its students 6-year-old pork. “Cover it with gravy to give it a better taste.” http://t.co/Bs09iyxS7Q — Lisa Lucas Talbot (@snailwrang...

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New Project: Making Bitters

Mrs. Homegrown

December 16, 2013

Domesticus, How-to

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...I’ll share the recipes I develop as I follow this path. In the meanwhile, making your own bitters is really easy. You may be able to throw a few experiments together just using things you find in your spice cabinet. Since these are flavoring, not medicine, you don’t have to be as careful with the quantities and timing as you must be when tincturing herbs for medicine. Yet at the same time, it’s a great introduction to that essential herbalist’s c...

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Lila Downs Video Showing Tortilla Making in Oaxaca

Mr. Homegrown

April 10, 2014

Food

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...ngeles Bread Bakers sent me a link to this music video that shows tortilla making in Oaxaca. The song is “Palomo Del Comalito” (Dove of the Comalito) by Lila Downs. Note the huge corn tortillas, proof of the regional diversity of Mexican cuisine (and one of the many details I got wrong in my tortilla press post–thanks for the corrections Gloria). Lyrics in English after the jump. The beautiful people of this land Grind corn A miracle of their hand...

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