Saturday Linkages: Collecting Seaweed, Microfarming and DIY Bike Lanes

November 19, 2016

.../rHVqqzpdkA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 Do you put your #eggs in the fridge? It's controversial for some, but it's proven effective against #Salmonella: https://t.co/G2IgoBuG78 pic.twitter.com/BCATGNFEot — The Poultry Site (@thepoultrysite) November 14, 2016 This is the kind of language I hear from people who are getting on with the work to be done… https://t.co/JYXJZUHD0w — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 19, 2016 Yup...

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How to Remove Bees From a Tree

Mr. Homegrown

February 17, 2017

Animals, Bees

...per sets up a bee box next to the exit and places a frame of comb that has eggs and brood (bee larvae) in it, taken from another hive. The bees in the tree will exit, not be able to get back into their old home and then, over the course of several weeks, move into the new box with the brood comb in it. If all goes as planned they will make a new queen in the box. The beekeeper will come back in six weeks, take the box away and then seal up the cav...

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Why Urban Farm?

Mr. Homegrown

June 10, 2007

Animals, Chickens

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...ide as much simple comfort and dignity to our fellow creatures as we can. After all, aren’t simple comfort and dignity among the most important things we wish for ourselves and our children?” It is with this desire to know the food we eat–if just for eggs in our case–that we’ve begun our own urban small stock journey. Welch concludes his essay eloquently, “I have a lot more death in my life than I did before. And, ironically, that’s part of the re...

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Revolutionary Rusks

Mr. Homegrown

November 5, 2006

Bread, Food

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...baking powder 1 cup chopped almonds Wet ingredients ½ cup melted butter 2 eggs ¾ cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons pure vanilla 2 teaspoons pure almond extract preheat oven to 400º In a large mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients In another mixing bowl, mix the wet ingredients Pour the wet into the dry and stir until you have a soft dough Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and roll or pat it to a ½-inch thickness Cut the dough into 2×4-inch recta...

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A Prickly Situation

Mr. Homegrown

July 17, 2006

Food, Foraging

...stes a bit like a slightly slimy green pepper and can be used in scrambled eggs and mixed with tomatoes and onions in a salsa. During the summer the very tasty fruit matures and can be eaten raw, although the abundant seeds make it a bit of an acquired taste. The fruit can be made into a jam, a drink, or a salad dressing. If forced by the zombie menace into a survival situation, the plant is a good source of water and can even be used to heal woun...

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