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Making It e-Book Corrected

Mr. Homegrown
Thoughtstylings
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To those of you who purchased an e-version of our book Making It and had trouble reading it, I just received a note from our publisher Rodale: The “disappearing words” are actually words that appear in a faint gray color that was hard or impossible to see over light background color settings on some devices, especially the Kindle from Amazon. We have corrected the e-book files and re-released them to all retailers. The corrected vers...

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2011 in Review: The Garden

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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It̵7;s was a difficult year in the garden. A lead and zinc issue screwed up my winter vegetables garden plans. At least we managed to find some river rocks and put in a path. I found this photo from December 2010. I was certainly a lot more organized that year. For 2012, I̵7;m putting in raised beds to deal with the heavy metal issue and we̵7;ve already planted more native plants. But most importantly one of my New Years resolution...

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Scrambled Eggs, Tomatoes and Bulgar

Mrs. Homegrown
Food, Recipes
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I believe we̵7;ve mentioned Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East by Arto Der Haroutunian here before. Given our obsession with our local Armenian supermarket it̵7;s a must-have reference in our house. Lately we̵7;re overwhelmed by eggs. I went to this book looking for something new to do with eggs and whatever basic ingredients I had in the pantry. I tried this recipe and liked it very much. It̵7;s not pretty. It̵7;s quick...

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Reasons and Resources for Growing Your Own Grains at Home

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Resources
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l, organic approach is to grow some sort of weed choking, nitrogen fixing plant such as cowpeas the season before planting grain. In Southern California, wheat is planted in January, as far as I can tell. In most other places it is planted in the fall. Resources I looked through a couple of books for growing grain at home and the best I could find is Small-Scale Grain Raising: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Gr...

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Irish Soda Bread

Mr. Homegrown
Bread, Food
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...d with the recipe my comrade in arms decided to post as representative of the best of quick breads. For years I̵7;ve been making a much better whole wheat-ish quick bread (which he seems to have forgotten) and this is how it goes: Irish Brown Soda Bread 1 3/4 c. all purpose flour1 3/4 c. whole wheat flower3 T. toasted wheat bran3 T. toasted wheat germ2 T. old fashioned oats(note: change up or skip these nuggety bits as necessary–they ju...

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Make a Sourdough Starter

Mr. Homegrown
Bread, Fermentation, Food, Recipes
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Every damn urban homesteader ought to have a sourdough starter living on their countertop. It̵7;s easy and here̵7;s how we do it around the Homegrown Evolution compound: 1. Get yourself a glass or ceramic container with a lid. It should be able to hold at least three to four cups of starter. Don̵7;t use metal. 2. Put into this container one cup of white flour and one cup of lukewarm water and stir until mixed. Put it in a warm place....

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Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World , by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen This book, written by a husband-and-wife team of die-hard DIYers, will leave you thinking you can take on the world and win. –Milwaukee Journal Sentinal My favorite of all these recent books by far… — Kirkus Reviews A how-to book providing you with all of the tools you need to become a producer instead of a consumer and transform your h...

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Saturday Linkages: Making Things and Herding Ducks

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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...// lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2012/08/inspir ed-by-sunray-kelley.html#.UCwiEif7Ek0.twitter  … Cooking and Preserving Canning 101: Learning to be Flexible http://www. foodinjars.com/2012/08/cannin Step Up the S̵7;more: 7 Ideas for Campfire Treats by Chris Rochelle: Chocolate Cake Baked in an Orange http://www. chow.com/galleries/315/ step-up-the-smore-7-ideas-for-campfire-treats-by-chris-rochelle/7324/chocolate-cake-baked-in-an-orange  …...

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Using Kosher Salt for Making Pickles

Mr. Homegrown
Food, Food Preservation
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...t for fermented pickles, you must weigh out the proper amount.Weigh out 73⁄4 ounces (220 grams) of flaked salt, and you will have the equivalent of 1 cup of canning and pickling salt. This same publication also notes how easy it is to find pickling salt and how hard it is to find kosher salt. It̵7;s just the opposite here in Los Angeles. So what kind of salt do you use for pickling and fermenting? What̵7;s the easiest to find where you l...

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Revolutionary Rusks

Mr. Homegrown
Bread, Food
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...ven to 400ºIn a large mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredientsIn another mixing bowl, mix the wet ingredientsPour the wet into the dry and stir until you have a soft doughTurn the dough onto a well-floured surface and roll or pat it to a ½-inch thicknessCut the dough into 2×4-inch rectanglesBake about an inch and half to 2 inches apart on buttered (parchment paper will work, too) baking sheets for 25 minutesAfter you’re finished baking the rusks...

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