Visit the Eco-Home

April 3, 2009

Events

Julia Russell is Los Angeles’ original urban homesteader. If you haven’t visited her beautiful “Eco-Home”, now is the time. She’s a pioneer in edible landscaping, solar power, and many other things we all now take for granted. Best of all, you can take a tour: “Since the 1970’s, April has been home to Earth Day. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “the Green Generation,” and what better way to strengthen your role as part of this movement than...

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Our Phoebe is gone

Mrs. Homegrown

June 9, 2015

Cats

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...till burned in her eyes, and it killed a part of us to have to put it out. Making the decision to euthanize a pet is one of the most difficult of decisions to make. We’ve never had to do it before, because our previous pets having been lost in other ways. My heart goes out to all of you who are now remembering putting down your own pets, or who are contemplating that future possibility. Ending suffering is the right thing to do, but oh, it is a ha...

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Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land

Mrs. Homegrown

June 19, 2013

Miscellaneous

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...g to the problem, it will also not be able to deal with the changes in the making. It is ill-suited to chaotic weather. In sum, if we don’t start growing food in different ways, we’re not only looking at a dry future, we’re looking at a hungry future. To solve this puzzle, Nabhan takes a look at at existing desert agriculture, from the Sonoran desert to China to Oman. From the ancient past right up into the present, humans have been cleverly manag...

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Saturday Tweets: Ascension K-Mart Choppers

Mr. Homegrown

May 4, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...ip: Don’t touch tomato plants while wet. It increases chances of disease. #gardeningtips #growtomatoes pic.twitter.com/6qyL3hDD5d — Gardenerd (@gardenerd1) May 2, 2019 While the question of whether we are truly alone in the universe remains unanswered, this is certainly a bat, eating watermelon. pic.twitter.com/7LApFHJi7e — Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 1, 2019 History of CNC Machining, Part 1: by @bantamtools https://t.co/VOoS6W0bXT — Root Si...

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Our New Home Economics

Mr. Homegrown

April 3, 2020

Preparedness

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...one size fits all approach. But buckets full of stuff you eat on a regular basis works for almost everyone. In my own case this crisis has highlighted food related practices in my life that are useful and those that aren’t. Bread making? Useful. Vegetable gardening? Wish I had one right now. Avocado tree? Thankful that it has fruit. Storage space for buckets? Need to get on that. In the next few posts I’ll look at what’s working in our household...

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