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The Boy Scouts Suck

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
24 Comments
...and certainly no copyright merit badges. 6. Lastly, the SurviveLA Scout mission statement, borrowed from Edward Abbey: One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast… a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is st...

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Trapping bees out of a kitchen vent

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Bees
3 Comments
...rating. The bees gave up on the brood and now we need to find more and wait another six weeks for the process to end. With my kitchen vent bees I blocked off the grill above the stove with metal screen and aluminum foil. Next time I’ll use sheet metal. The bees have chewed their way underneath the aluminum foil. The screen keeps them out of the house, but the foil is amplifying their buzzing. I’ve created an unintentional acoustic bee...

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Roundup

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
1 Comment
...hat a “control point” for DNA damage was affected by Roundup, while glyphosate alone had no effect. “We have shown that it’s a definite risk factor, but we have not evaluated the number of cancers potentially induced, nor the time frame within which they would declare themselves,” Belle acknowledges. There is, indeed, direct evidence that glyphosate inhibits an important process called RNA transcription in animals, at a concentration well below t...

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Saturday Linkages: Bus Offices and Secret Doors

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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...gallery-of-mockable.html?spref=tw … Ancient wheat: making a comeback http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Artisanal-Wheat-On-the-Rise.html#.UQM4YKWpmhs.twitter … Soul Searching The secret to feeling like you have more time available – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/the-secret-to-feeling-like-you.html … Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (review): http://boingboing.net/2013/01/24/wild-from-lost-to-found...

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A Homegrown Revolution manifesto by way of a short (true) story.

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes
2 Comments
...d impact. There was another pause as we all realized that he had left the scene without making amends for the damage. The two women looked at me as Homegrown Revolution suggested lamely that, “They [cars] hit us all the time.” There was yet another awkward pause, followed by Homegrown Revolution quickly leaving the scene. In a moment of vertiginous karma, as we made the turn off of Sunset one of the car tires flopped over causing us t...

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Plantasia: Music for Plants Part II

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
4 Comments
...sia is pretty much guaranteed to add a foot of growth to your ficus plants. Avi also provided a link to the entire 1979 documentary version of The Secret Life of Plants. It took me two evenings to make it through the endless time lapse and interpretive dance sequences. But there’s plenty of wackiness to enjoy, including a soundtrack by Stevie Wonder who appears at the end singing to, well, a bunch of plants. The highlight for me was seeing...

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Ordo Ab Chao

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
10 Comments
...improvising. And better note taking! I attempted to weigh vegetables this winter, earning the scorn of Mrs. Homegrown who deemed it too male an approach, too much about bragging rights. All that weighing took away note taking time from what would have been more useful information: when things were planted, transplanted and harvested.  That data could help prevent gaps in the garden in the future and clarify the best times to plant, information th...

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Have any ideas? We’re rewriting the anniversary gift list

Mrs. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
16 Comments
...ould be built around that. The second option is the experience list. What sort of skills and knowledge make up a self-reliant household–and a good relationship? How would you prioritize that knowledge on a year by year time line? Can we think of 50? And maybe there’s a third option–feel free to toss out anything you like....

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A Transportation Cocktail: Bikes, Trains and Buses

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes
5 Comments
...t routes. I got my copy at the Rainbow Market. For more info on bikes on California Amtrak routes check here or call Amtrak, but always remember that when you bring up bikes with a customer service person it will be the first time they’ve ever heard the question. Now back to the slow, but entertaining San Joaquin train. While it takes longer than driving or flying, the views of the Central Valley can’t be beat. You’re well off the highway f...

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