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Saturday Linkages: Yaks, an M16 Lamp and Hog Farm Explosions

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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An urban homestead meltdown in Arcata involving yaks, 24 foot meditation towers and unhappy neighbors: http://www.arcataeye.com/2012/03/occupy-arcata-heights-ends-with-a-splatter-march-14-2012/ M16 lamp – http://boingboing.net/2012/03/15/m16-lamp.html And . . a lamp made out of used coffee filters: http://www.recyclart.org/2012/03/coffee-filter-lamp/  The Apocalypse will be a lot like flying coach: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/the-ap...

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Urban Homestead Wins Book Award

Mr. Homegrown
Events
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Our book, The Urban Homestead just won a gold medal in the Independent Publisher Awards. To celebrate we’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 that’s enough tooting our own horn. We’ll get back to posting when the dust settle...

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Start Your Urban Homestead for One Dollar

Mr. Homegrown
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–you’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...

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Urban Chicken Enthusiasts Unite!

Homegrown Neighbor
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. I’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...

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Saturday Linkages: Garden Hoses, Planners and IKEA Hacks . . .

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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Ikea meets aquaponics. Gardening Finding the Garden Hose of my Dreams Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2013/01/garden-hose-of-my-d1reams.html … Home Ec On Planners, Productivity, and Idle Pleasures http://thetanglednest.com/2013/01/on-planners-productivity-and-idle-pleasures/ … DIY Barn Door Track Tutorail http://shar.es/47h3M  How Google Earth Revealed Chicago’s Hidden Farms: http://ow.ly/gJRrS Bad News Department Florida couple may h...

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Saturday Linkages: Fueling Up

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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...ngblog.com/free-heat-for- your-home-homemade-briquettes-and-logs/  … Thoughtstylings Mark Bittman: A Simple Fix for Farming http:// nyti.ms/VjNlZb Fueling up: http:// we2our2.blogspot.com/2012/10/fuelin g-up.html  … Health The Island Where People Forget to Die http:// nyti.ms/S3Mitk Bikes Nice graphic showing why taking the lane is a good idea. http:// ow.ly/eIgHH   (via Commute Orlando)  From the Root Simple Archive  Appletastic Apple Cake...

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Saturday Linkages: Cat Houses, Office Gyms, Cooking in Compost and More . . .

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
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A cat house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Makin’ Gourmet meal cooked in compost: http://www.7dvt.com/2012earthiest-roast … The Fixer’s Manifesto http://manifesto.sugru.com  Short film about Safecast, the hackerspace-created, crowdsource radioactivity monitoring project http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/short-film-about-safecast-the.html … Vintage Cat House Designed by the Office of Frank Lloyd Wright – http://www.moderncat.net...

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Saturday Linkages: Of Sewer Hunting and Fermented Lemonade

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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Fermented Lemonade: http:// thecultivatedlife.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/ho-  … http:// Bedroom Almanac: Wall Decor Changes With Lunar Cycle dornob.com/bedroom-almana  … How to Sew on a Button | The Art of Manliness http:// artofmanliness.com/2012/06/28/sew  … Sewer hunting–the worst job ever: http:// blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/0  … Silver Lake’s Vertical Garden Gets Peeled Away: http://www. theeastsiderla.com/2012/07/...

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Saturday Linkages: Audio Jars, Cutting Glass Bottles and Assorted Rants

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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E.B. White’s letter to the ASPCA responding to his failure to pay a dog tax: http://bit.ly/wKIq9L Audio Jar – Open Source Speaker Housings: http://bit.ly/xV7II6 Bread geeks bring native wheat species back to Los Angeles | 89.3 KPCC http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/03/08/25511/la-wheat via @ KPCC Working Undercover in a Slaughterhouse: an interview with Timothy Pachirat http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/working-unde...

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