Our New Open Floor Plan

May 7, 2018

Design

...ared them a “death trap.” Then the good natured Will Wallus of the Weekend Homestead came on the podcast to gently defend open floor plans. Naturally, I’m spending this month making our house, gasp, more open. Let me explain. When I installed the floor in the living room in the aughts I discovered an opening that used to exist between our living room and what we use as our bedroom. Back in 1920 this house was a one bedroom with a kind of sitting r...

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Coming Together by Being Apart

Mr. Homegrown

March 20, 2020

Thoughtstylings

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...ng apart feels selfish. It’s counter-intuitive that the best expression of community right now is a lack of community. To keep everyone safe we must self-isolate. We must also convince our friends and relatives who are still in denial that they also must stay at home for the good of all. One bit of solace came from listening to a podcast about the 1918 Spanish Flu. All the struggles we’re going through right now were also dealt with in 1918: socia...

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Support the Master Gardener Program

Mr. Homegrown

November 28, 2018

Gardening

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...t of the time. Basically, I live paycheck to paycheck. Now, I’m starting a community garden at my school, work for a non-profit educating students on gardening and am connected with an incredibly supportive community of volunteers and knowledgeable individuals. You can make a contribution to the UCCE Master Gardener Program here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqv67aAzuCA&feature=youtu.be The video above shows the amazing work of the UCCE Master...

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Help Plant a Garden — and Help a Local Eagle Scout

Mr. Homegrown

June 23, 2016

Events

If you’re a local and have idle hands tomorrow, our friends at the Community Garden at Holy Nativity could use your help: On Friday June 24, Eagle scout candidate Taylor Martin will hold a workday for his Eagle project. And Taylor needs a bit of help. Taylor’s project extends the Community Garden at Holy Nativity. His team has already removed a large area of lawn, and on Friday they’ll be planting six fruit trees. It will transform the entrance t...

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Sprouted Rye Class This Saturday!

Mr. Homegrown

May 12, 2016

Bread, Events, Food

...how to start a rye sourdough starter, how to sprout grain and how to work with 100% rye doughs. There are still a few seats available so sign up soon. As a bonus, there will be a pizza lunch and community bread bake using the community oven built by Environmental Changemakers. To sign up for the class head over to the Los Angeles Bread Bakers Meetup Group....

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