089 The New Wildcrafted Cuisine with Pascal Baudar

July 14, 2016

...s we touch on: wild mustard weeds and invasives professional foraging wild beer Sacred and Herbal Beers by Stephen Harrod Buhner working with black mustard foraging in a drought in August in Southern California Pascal’s $350 energy bar Native American foraging practices Kat Anderson Tending the Wild foraging controversy what to do with broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) lerp sugar eating insects harvesting your own sea salt fermenting with sea sa...

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Epic Homesteading Fiascos

Mr. Homegrown

March 3, 2017

Mistakes

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...this disaster. I think I would have been too dispirited to hit record. It’s particularly frustrating when months of work end in one catastrophic moment. In terms of personal disasters, skunks tearing through our salad beds comes to mind, as well as ruining three five gallon batches of home brewed beer one after the other. These sorts of disasters can be a lesson, particularly if you have the courage, as Eric does, to share them publicly. And, as...

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What’s Your Everyday Carry?

Mr. Homegrown

May 9, 2017

Preparedness

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...g floral patterns in cappuccino foam. OK, I made that last bit up–it has a beer bottle opener–not, I’ll note, a corkscrew as does the Eurotrashy Swiss Army Knife. I like that the Rebar comes with a belt holster which allows me to carry the Rebar at all times, even on occasions when I’m in a suit and tie. Women, who lack pockets and, often, belts might not be able to accommodate the bulky Rebar into their EDC. Leatherman sells a smaller multi-tool...

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I Ate 100 Power Bars

Mr. Homegrown

March 12, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...latest buzz-phrase by large food companies. Every natural food product is labeled either “pro-biotic” or “pre-biotic.” If one could distill all those booths down to one item you’d end up with a pro-biotic turmeric, kimchi, kombucha, paleo sports bar grown “regeneratively,” whatever that means. But I’m getting cranky again. On a more positive note I met a nice Root Simple reader who works for Q Drinks, an Oakland, California based producer of toni...

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Mortise and Tenon Magazine

Mr. Homegrown

October 22, 2018

Design

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...wo years ago I decided to declutter some of my eclectic interests (goodbye beer making) and focus on upping my carpentry and woodworking skills. Partly, this was out of necessity. Our house needed some work and those skilled with planes and hammers are busy building custom staircases for Barbara Streisand and don’t have the time for a 980 square foot bungalow in the HaFoSaFo district. I took a few classes, subscribed to some woodworking and home b...

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