We’ve taken the flowers out of our hair

Homegrown Revolution is back from San Francisco with a couple of random observations from our trip: 1. The picture above of a gas cap spotted in the Mission District demonstrates, that even in a bike and mass transit friendly city many folks take their cars a little too seriously. Let’s remember folks, we suspect that Jesus rides two wheels and takes the bus and does indeed look anguished every time we open the gas cap. 2. We took our bike with u...

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Moldy Grapes!

...ass, in the dark, is essential for protecting those volatile oils, but the herbs really have to be crumbly dry before they go in jars. By the way, the secret to a good chamomile harvest is constant picking. Don’t be afraid to pick the flowers. The more you pick, the faster it will make more flowers. Like, overnight. I swear. Just pinch the heads off. And you use the whole flower, dry or fresh, to make tea. If a little stem gets in there too, it’s...

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Big List of Earth-Friendly (homemade, compostable, recyclable, no-plastic) Holiday Decorations

...wreath Re-purpose old jewelry directly as tree ornaments, or use pieces in making other ornaments (loose beads, pins, chain, etc.) Tie scraps of pretty cotton ribbon into bows on tree limbs Make paper chains Sugared flowers, leaves, berries, etc. White sugar adds a little natural bling to things Milkweed pods glued into star shapes Bay leaves glued into wreaths and stars. Paper cones with raffia hangers filled with…sweets? berries? Blown eggs, esp...

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Saturday Tweets: Bird Eyesight, Making and Marginalia

Clear-cut tropical forest revitalized with industrial orange peel waste https://t.co/tGl1sbVvif — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 2, 2017 Support A Skid Row Bike Lane – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/dLzwO0MFXk via @Change #bikeLA @lacbc — Colin Bogart (@ColinBogart) August 31, 2017 Right so I was researching bird eyesight and can someone explain why these feel like really obscure memes pic.twitter.com/qXkJg16iCV — max ✨ (@naxxramen) August...

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Waxed Cloth Food Wrap (Made in a solar oven for bonus self-righteousness points)

...tions. The oven floor is wide but narrow, so I can’t make wraps bigger than 11 inches square. The floor is actually only 9 1/2 inches deep. By wedging the cat food box higher in the oven, off the floor, I was able to fudge things enough to make an 11 inch waxed cloth, but that’s the limit. I may be able to fold a cloth in half for coating, perhaps layering the wax between the two halves. This is something I’ll play with if I decide to make more. W...

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