Free Webinar on Saving Eggplant Seeds
...Seed Savers Exchange is hosting a free webinar on saving eggplant seeds today at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. Head over to https://plus.google.com/+seedsavers/posts to sign up....
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Weekend Linkages: Tiny Seeds and Junk Mail
...Dispenser for Sowing Tiny Seeds I Get No Mail and It’s Glorious Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Forest House The Blitz, September 1940-May 1941...
Is the Urban Homesteading Trend Over?
...ikes that coincide with canning at the end of summer. Unsurprisingly, most homesteading topics revolve around seasons. Seasonality, by the way, is one of things I really like about this movement. A digression here–the flatness of time (see Charles Taylor)–is one of the things I don’t like about modernity. “Home canning” searches “Home canning” searches show a more dramatic decline. “Backyard Chickens” searches People research backyard chickens in...
Is Lead Poisoning a Risk in Urban Gardens?
...issue. But if the results of a University of Washington study on lead and urban agriculture are to be believed, we might not need to be as concerned. The researchers note that most vegetables don’t take up lead and that improving soil with compost greatly reduces the bioavailability of lead. You can read a summary of the results of this research paper here. Thanks to Joanne Poyourow of Environmental Change Makers for tipping me off to this resear...
Urban Foraging with Nance Klehm
Via The Little Green People Show, a podcast with Chicago’s urban forager Nance Klehm: “We’re not talking gardens or dumpster diving. This is a discussion of the riches that grow in our highway medians, city planters, backyards and rail lines. Expert forager, Nance Klehm, sheds light on the city’s bounty, from medicinal plants to tasty greens. Getting to know the foraging landscape takes some time and energy, but gives back in complex flavors and...