Search Results for: label/uses for used tires

407 results

Barefoot Running Update

Mr. Homegrown
Fitness
13 Comments
I’ve been running barefoot three times a week for six months with no relapse of the knee or heel pain I used to suffer from when I ran in shoes. I have stubbornly refused to spend any money for minimal footwear (largely because I’m a cheap bastard), but I really don’t feel like I need to. I’ve run all of my barefoot miles on a decomposed granite path and have not had a single injury of any kind, not even a scratch. Dann...

Continue reading…

Sourdough Pancake Recipe

Mr. Homegrown
Bread, Food, Recipes
2 Comments
Yes, that’s a real children’s book from the 1970s. A question came in as to what to do with extra sourdough starter. First off, check out the new way we feed our starter, which wastes a lot less flour. But another answer is to use all that tangy delicious starter to make pancakes. For years we’ve used Nancy Silverton’s recipe. Basically, the starter fills in for the flour and milk used in standard pancake recipes. That...

Continue reading…

A New Fitness Craze: The Kayak Balance Stool

Mr. Homegrown
Fitness
9 Comments
Today I canceled my YMCA membership and started to put together my own home gym. Bored with the usual gym accouterments, I’ve set out to build some fitness equipment on my own starting with a kayak balance stool. I discovered this idea in Christopher Cunningham’s book Building the Greenland Kayak. To make your kayak balance stool, find a piece of scrap wood. I used a 2 x 8 and cut it to fit my ass to toe dimensions. Cut two end bo...

Continue reading…

Saturday Linkages: Forklift Furniture and Pickled Turnips

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
1 Comment
Pickled turnips–photo and recipe by The Domestic Man Having some trouble with our blogging software this weekend–so Root Simple may look a little funky until we figure out what the problem is. Cookin’ Kabees El Lift (Pickled Turnips) http://wp.me/pWGRR-YU  DIY Forklift Furniture: 10 DIY Projects for Used Wooden Pallets | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/forklift-furniture-10-diy-projects-for-used-wooden-pallets/...

Continue reading…

4 Vermicomposting Tips

Mrs. Homegrown
Composting, Gardening, Vermiculture
11 Comments
in a spray bottle, and spray on foliage. They’ll uptake the nutrients through their leaves. Alternatively, you can use it as a soil drench (for watering) when diluted with 16 parts water. In its straight form it can be used as an insecticide. 4) Darren’s favorite way of using worm castings is new to us and quite interesting. Castings are fertilizer, but more than that. They can help bring life to your soil. He takes golf ball sized p...

Continue reading…

A Prickly Situation

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Foraging
RLeave a comment
actaceae). In the late spring the plant produces new leaves which can be harvested and eaten. Stores and street vendors sell them as “Nopolito”. Nopolito, tastes a bit like a slightly slimy green pepper and can be used in scrambled eggs and mixed with tomatoes and onions in a salsa. During the summer the very tasty fruit matures and can be eaten raw, although the abundant seeds make it a bit of an acquired taste. The fruit can be made...

Continue reading…

How to Prep Fabric for Dyeing: Scouring

Mrs. Homegrown
Domesticus, How-to
12 Comments
...ural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use by J.N. Liles The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Duerr HOW TO SCOUR COTTON You need: 1) A big non-reactive cooking pot, big enough so the fabric will not be crowded. I used our enamel canning pot. 2) Sodium Carbonate aka Washing Soda aka Soda Ash aka Sal Soda.  This can be hard to find. It belongs in laundry aisles, and Arm & Hammer sells it (calling it Washing Soda), but few supermark...

Continue reading…

Compost and Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Homegrown
Composting, Gardening, Humanure, Straw Bale Gardening
14 Comments
...t Simple research department! I was able to find a few studies that, at least partially, address these questions. If you know of more please leave a link in the comments. A 2010 study looked at the degradation of salinomycin, used on chickens to prevent coccidiosis. The study concluded, On the basis of the results obtained in this study, it appears that the composting technique is effective in reducing salinomycin in manure. Another 2010 study lo...

Continue reading…

Homegrown Revolution at the Alt-Car Expo

Mr. Homegrown
Bikes
RLeave a comment
rid of our second car we put together an Xtracycle. While it’s hard to improve on the basic design of the bicycle, the Xtracycle is a great way to haul cargo. We can easily pack just as many groceries on this bike as we used to in the Sentra. The chief objection that we hear is that cycling is not safe. We used to use this excuse not so long ago before we hopped back on our bikes. We respond by saying no it isn’t safe, but neither is...

Continue reading…

Bean Fest, Episode 4: Frijoles Refritos

Mrs. Homegrown
Bean Fest, Food, Recipes
7 Comments
...cooked beans that are mashed in a frying pan along with some seasonings and fat. What makes them a little shady to the health conscious and vegetarian set is that they are traditionally fried in lard. But vegetable oil can be used just as well, and I’d add for the sake of fairness, that real, home cooked lard from well-raised pigs is not such a bad fat. For what it’s worth. To make refried beans you just need to have some cooked beans...

Continue reading…