Urban Livestock and Bikes!

India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We’ll be talkin’ chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We’ll discuss how to integrate these animals into your backyard and...

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Saturday Tweets: Food, Simple Living and Bikes

...tus/530835488534306817 The Best Thing About a Bike-Friendly City Isn’t the Bikes — It’s the City http://t.co/WGVeHxDQmR via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 7, 2014 The Health Benefits of Simple Living (Erik chimes in at the end) http://t.co/m7juWtdPJJ via @usnews — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 5, 2014 Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates — Ancient Wisdoms (@AncientWisdomss) November 4, 2014 Coo...

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Saturday Tweets: Compacted Soil, Bikes and Mirrored Headboards

...op-ed "My vision of a livable city is one where kids like me can ride our bikes" https://t.co/7ONQEdWXAe — Jennifer Dill (@JenniferDillPSU) March 25, 2016 Like a Green Juice, but Boozy https://t.co/YEDKKWDaYY pic.twitter.com/aIDMNeMsni — Emily Han (@misschiffonade) March 25, 2016 Cool primitive technology site: https://t.co/UNyvtYOGgb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2016 With fewer winter 'chill hours' due to #ClimateChange, some #C...

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Los Angeles: Swag Town USA

...ty or so contest winners who bothered to attend shuffled off to load their bikes into their SUVs and drove home where, we suspect, many of the bikes will just sit in the garage. The handful of speakers who kicked off the event included representatives from the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the MTA, the Department of Transportation, Bicycling Magazine, and a former Bike Town USA contest winner from Irvine. Unless I missed something, none of...

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How to Make Stock

...along with the bones. Roast all of this in a roasting pan in an oven set to 400F for around 40 minutes. You want it to brown but not burn. Transfer the meat and veggies to a soup pot. See if you can deglaze the roasting pan and transfer all those tasty little brown bits to the pot, too. Add water to cover all the bones. Maybe add a cup or so of red wine. Add lots of peppercorns. Add a bay leaf or two. And salt. Bring this to a boil and then reduce...

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