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Raccoon Proof Chicken Coop

Homegrown Neighbor
Animals, Chickens
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Homegrown Neighbor here again: Things arenR17;t always idyllic in the world of urban farming. Actually, they rarely are. There is literally a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into what we do. IR17;m still recovering from a scare we had a few days ago. After two years of trying, the other night at 2:30 a.m. a raccoon managed to break into my chicken coop. My housemate and I were up there in our pajamas shrieking while the hens flapped and...

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Sandwiched!

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
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Homegrown Revolution began guest blogging this week on the engaging new consciousness shiftinR17; nexus known as Reality Sandwich. WeR17;ll be posting there at least once every two weeks. Check out our first post, an urban homesteading manifesto, just above Jamye WaxmanR17;s missive, “Celebrating Sacred Sex Communities” (No doubt Waxman will probably win in the hit count). As harangues are currently running low in our on-...

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Saturday Linkages: Sedum Stumps, Chicken Steadycams and the End of the World

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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ist http://econ.st/KAOPVc Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee http://n.pr/Rlasks Why Phoenix is becoming more like Minneapolis: http://nyti.ms/V3Nwlo Central Valley residents tired of receiving L.A.R17;s urban waste – Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/la-me-central-valley-20121126,0,3069632.story … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Mushrooms and Yard Sharing

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
11 Comments
et me know, or better yet if youR17;ve done it yourself send me an email. And yes, there is Paul Stamets, but some psilocybin freak stole all his books out of the LA library. Secondly, IR17;m writing another article for Urban Farm Magazine and IR17;d like to speak to anyone who has set up or been a part of a yard sharing program. You get extra points if you are in New Jersey or Philadelphia. IR17;m not looking for my fellow California...

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Congrats Denver!

Mrs. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens, Goats
2 Comments
From the Denver Post:   Denver City Council eases way to own chickens, goats at home Apparently it was previously legal, but more difficult because you had to pay steep fees and inform all your neighbors. Now, thanks to citizen action by urban homesteaders, the fee has been reduced to 20 bucks and you donR17;t have to inform your neighbors in order to keep 8 chickens or ducks and up to 2 pygmy goats. No roosters, natch. Congrats Denver! IR...

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Emergency Toilet Sanitation

Mr. Homegrown
Composting, Events, Humanure, Preparedness
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tion system going indefinitely. With the FEMA approach youR17;ve got a problem when you run out of those bags and proprietary enzyme mixtures. One problem with JenkinsR17; approach could be finding a carbon source in an urban area, but I think thatR17;s solvable (suggestions invited!). You also need water for the compost pile but it need not be potable. IR17;m no sanitation expert and am interested in opinions on this topic, particula...

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Bike to Work Week

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes
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borhoods. A tip to the powers that be–first spend your money on making LA more walkable/bikeable and if there are any dead presidents left over for advertising at least try for some sexier imagery. Start with a look at Urban Cyclist–even the old codgers at SurviveLA know these hip kids at are on to something with their free issue #1. And while weR17;re not thrilled with the MTA ad campaign, we like some of the festivities planned...

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SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Resource

Mr. Homegrown
Miscellaneous
5 Comments
s isnR17;t included for some reason). While highly technical, terms are explained via hyperlinks. You click on the table to the right of the map for more detailed information including suitability for farming. Of course in urban areas you never know what unpleasant surprises lurk beneath the surface such as concrete chunks and lead. SoilWeb wonR17;t tip you off to those things, but it does give a good overall picture of the kind of soil you...

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Your Opinions Please

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
3 Comments
So what does seafood, terrible graphic design and urban homesteading have in common? Absolutely nothing, but we got your attention which we will now direct to the poll we are conducting on the right. Please take a moment to render your opinion, so that we can better serve you with a delicately balanced nori roll of information and helpful tips. Please note that you can vote for more than one topic....

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How to Memorize Numbers

Mr. Homegrown
How-to, Thoughtstylings
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Giordano BrunoR17;s insanely elaborate memory system. Yesterday we introduced an ancient memory system that can be handy for learning all those new urban homesteading skills. Today IR17;ll briefly discuss a way to use a related mnemonic called the Major System for committing strings of numbers to memory. To use the Major System you first memorize a set of consonants that represent 0 through 9. From Wikipedia, hereR17;s a tabl...

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