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Summer Urban Homestead Failures: Exploding Beer Bottles

Mr. Homegrown
Beer, Fermentation, Food, Thoughtstylings
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Somehow in last week̵7;s roundup of the summer̵7;s failures I blocked out of my memory the most exasperating: exploding beer bottles. I think I may have had a contaminated siphon hose which passed on some nasty, yeasty bacterial bug to every single bottle of two batches of beer I had made this summer. Three of those bottles over-carbonated to the point that they became beer grenades and exploded. One blew up on the kitchen counter and...

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CooKit Solar Cooker Made Out of Wood

Mr. Homegrown
Solar, Water and Power
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The nice folks at Solar Cookers International gave us permission to reprint plans for their CooKit solar cooker in our book Making It. You can access those plans, as well as many other solar cooker projects, for free, on their website here. I̵7;ve made CooKits out of cardboard and aluminum foil a couple of times. One problem is that I eventually bang up the cardboard and I̵7;ve got to make a new one. This summer I had a lot of  1/4 inc...

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Grassfed Turkey Cooking Tips from Shannon Hayes

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Recipes
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Thinking of cooking a grass-fed turkey for Thanksgiving? Just in time for the holidays, grassfed cooking expert and farmer Shannon Hayes has a blog post with pastured turkey cooking and purchasing tips that you can read on her blog grassfedcooking.com. We̵7;re honored to have been included in Shannon̵7;s book Radical Homemakers . One of her most important tips is to know what you are buying, “If you don’t personally know the farme...

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Street Signs and Solar Ovens

Mr. Homegrown
Design, Solar
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contributed two improvised solar ovens, one made out of a discarded pizza box. Other highlights include a functioning still by Alison Wiese, the stunning knitted clothing of Lisa Auerbach, items from the Path to Freedom urban homestead and contributions from the fine folks at C.I.C.L.E. So, get on your bike, head down to the Craft and Folk Art Museum, and see this provocative show! Craft and Folk Art Museum Hours:Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11am &...

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The Secret to Japanese Cooking: Dashi

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Recipes
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Bonito flakes, available at any Japanese market. We conclude our Japanese themed week with the sauce that̵7;s sort of the unified field theory of Japanese cooking: dashi. It̵7;s in everything from noodle dishes to sauces to miso soup and it cooks up in just minutes. Dashi contains two ingredients, kombu (a kind of kelp) and bonito (shaved, fermented fish flakes). It̵7;s the backbone of Japanese cooking, but we think it̵7...

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Urban Permaculture Survey/Interview

Mr. Homegrown
Permaculture
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Attention urban/suburban permaculturists. I̵7;m writing an article for Urban Farm Magazine on “urban permaculture” and I need your help. I̵7;ve created a survey/interview for the article: click here to take the Urban Farm permaculture article survey. Please forward this link/survey to all your permaculture friends–send it out far and wide–work that Facebook! If you̵7;re critical of permaculture you are also w...

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Low Tech Solar Heating with a Thermosyphon Collector

Mr. Homegrown
Solar, Water and Power
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Yet another great post from the folks at Build It Solar: a simple and low tech solar heating system called a thermosyphon collector mounted in the wall of a garage. It uses the same principle as the solar dehydrator we have on our garage roof–basically it̵7;s just some clear plastic and a heat collector made out of black window screen. If your climate is cold and sunny (think Colorado) this would work nicely. Read the post to see a r...

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Bean Fest, Episode 2: Falafel and Babaganoush Recipes

Mrs. Homegrown
Bean Fest, Food, Recipes
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Welcome back to Bean Fest 2010, our ongoing celebration of the humble dried bean. Last week we got a lot of great tips and hints in the comments. If you haven̵7;t read those, I̵7;d encourage you to take a peek. We also got a couple of recipes via email that we̵7;re going to test out. Thanks, ya̵7;ll! Again, if anyone has a favorite bean recipe, please send it this way ([email protected]). One lesson to take away...

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Saturday Linkages: Black Soldier Flys, DIY Power Bars and CDFA Thugs are Killing Bees Again

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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DIY Solar Backpack with Solar Mobile phon… http://mysolaradventures.com/2012/06/how-to-diy-solar-backpack-with-solar.html?spref=tw … Cookin̵7; How to Make Easy 3-Ingredient Energy Bars at Home Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-3-ingredient-energy-bars-at-home-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-184306 … Curly Parsley and Arugula Pesto http://www.foodinjars.com/2013/02/curly-parsley-and-arugula-pesto...

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Sundiner

Mr. Homegrown
Solar
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Beekeeper Dennis made one of those once in a lifetime garage sale finds earlier this year: a solar oven from the 1960s called the “Sundiner.” I couldn̵7;t find much on the interwebs about it except for a brief mention in the  April 1963 issue of Desert Magazine, “Here̵7;s a new product that suits desert living as few others can—it collects and concentrates the heat of the sun and allows outdoor cooking without fuel...

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