Urban Farming in Oakland

.... You can also check out Carpenter’s blog, meaningfulpursuit.com. We especially like Carpenter’s advice to take small steps towards your urban farming goal rather than trying to do too much all at once....

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A Review of Masanobu Fukuoka’s Sowing Seeds in the Desert

...And if you want to get the nitty-gritty how-to on how to apply his natural farming methods you’ll want to pick up a copy of The Natural Way of Farming. Sowing Seeds in the Desert serves as a deeply moving coda to his life’s work. And it got me to start sowing the seeds in my own front yard desert. Thanks to a winter rain, a mixture of clover and greens is now sprouting beneath the fig tree that graces our front yard. Thanks to the wonders of Youtu...

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Vertical Skunks

...I’m going to celebrate our labor day weekend by laboring in the wood shop and not in front of a computer. Links and posts will be back soon. In the meantime, please ponder this clip art courtesy of a local chimney cleaning concern....

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Casting out the lawn

..., rising food costs and the importance of donating to those in need. Urban Farming and Holy Nativity, along with the project’s partners, will have a celebration event on Sunday, June 8. This garden is a partner in the Urban Farming campaign, “INCLUDE FOOD™ when planting and landscaping”. During World War II, twenty million people planted “victory gardens” at their homes. They grew 40% of America’s produce. We did it then, we can do it again.” Kudo...

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How to Make a Simple Paint Can Rocket Stove

...of improvised rocket stoves is figuring out a way to hold the pot over the vertical tube. I realized that we could use five bolts and ten nuts to improvise a stand. We cut the first hole using a nail and tin snips. We broke our “no power tool” rule to speed up the process. Here is the top of the can with the bolts and nuts that will hold the pot just above the vertical tube where the heat comes out. We inserted the horizontal tube and cut a notch...

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