Why You Shouldn’t Use Rat Poisons

October 20, 2015

...any readers of this blog use rat poison, but I’m hoping some of you will share this post with your friends and relatives. The NPS has a short info page on how to control rats without using anticoagulant rat poisons....

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Steal this Book!

Mr. Homegrown

May 28, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...or you can get an autographed copy from us over on the right side of this page. Tell your friends and family! Blog, twitter, friend, digg and yell! From the press release: The Urban Homestead is the essential handbook for a burgeoning new movement: urbanites are becoming farmers. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, city dwellers are reconnecting with their land while planting seeds for the future for our cities. Whether you’d...

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Garlic!

Mr. Homegrown

June 2, 2008

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...garlic, but there are special varieties for cold climates that you can mail order. The University of Minnesota Extension has a nice page on growing garlic in cold places....

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Casting out the lawn

Mr. Homegrown

June 5, 2008

Lawns, Thoughtstylings

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...s in the temple. Dusting off the bible, however, I discovered that Jesus also shooed off some livestock during that episode. But with our increasing food troubles, I’d like to think that today, in addition to the vegetables, Jesus would welcome livestock back to the church grounds (cathedrals were used in the Middle Ages as barns, after all). For more info and photos, see Holy Nativity’s Community Garden page....

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Turnip Greens via The Silver Spoon

Mr. Homegrown

January 20, 2008

Food, Recipes, Vegetable Gardening

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...s by thumbing through a cookbook everybody interested in growing their own vegetables should own, The Silver Spoon*, which has a section devoted just to turnip green recipes. The Silver Spoon is a 1,263 page cookbook recently translated into English. It’s the Joy of Cooking for Italians, except instead of tuna noodle casseroles and other American cooking abominations, the Silver Spoon will tell you what to do with a cardoon, a carp, or the aforeme...

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