Saturday Linkages: Big Chickens, Drought and More

October 4, 2014

...witter.com/rootsimple/status/516669379421798401 Frightening RT @voxdotcom: Chickens have gotten ridiculously large since the 1950s: http://t.co/8dRdrDiXXw pic.twitter.com/7vEYJGEVqC #CivilEats — Susan Marquis (@susanlmarquis) October 4, 2014 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/517828609382174720 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/517823771562885120 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/516611839078043648 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/...

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Saturday Tweets: She Sheds, Wild Chickens and Fatbergs

Mr. Homegrown

April 25, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...OeYfJTEM via @Femail — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2015 In Hawaii, Chickens Gone Wild http://t.co/fu2B76WGUI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2015 Flower Pot Smoker http://t.co/8xTbo8XGT1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2015 10-tonne fatberg removed from west London sewer http://t.co/cVMJsEgZgH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2015 Prisoners + shelter dogs + autistic kids= an amazing program, worthy of your support. Give to...

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Chicken Guantanamo

Mr. Homegrown

December 13, 2007

Animals, Chickens

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...ch and scratch down every plant they find edible behaving, as the Petaluma Urban Homesteaders put it, “like a pack of delinquent teenagers”. Our chicken housing consists of three zones. Zone one is the hen house–that aluminum structure on the right in the photo above. It contains a roost for the chickens to sleep on at night and a nesting box for the hens to lay their eggs in. Zone two is a secure run covered in 1/2 inch hardware cloth–the area le...

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Homegrown Evolution in Chicago

Mr. Homegrown

May 9, 2009

Events

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...ter with: [email protected] Erik will lead an informal presentation on Urban Homesteading in Los Angeles – focusing on his and his wife’s homegrown systems of adventurous experimentation of chickens, growing, greywater, brewing and more – some successful, some not so much! Copies of The Urban Homestead will be for sale. Many thanks to Nancy Klehm for arranging these events! See her website Spontaneous Vegetation for more info on other events a...

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Is the Detroit Urban Farm Revolution Over?

Mr. Homegrown

October 24, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...David and Sky Brown’s house. It appears that a young couple, David and Sky Brown, who bought a $2,000 house in Detroit last May ran afoul of an Animal Control officer on Wednesday. The couple’s goats and chickens were seized over the tearful pleas of their owners. There’s more on the story here. The Browns have asked for help on their blog. If any Detroit area readers know more about this story please leave a comment. Update: there’s a petition....

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