Farming: One way to try and save Detroit – Dec. 29, 2009

January 1, 2010

...ss we could do a lot of farming in the city. Land is cheap and abundant. But it sounds cold and we are weak in the face of temperatures below 50 degrees. Farming: One way to try and save Detroit – Dec. 29, 2009...

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Building a Makeshift Treadmill Desk

Mr. Homegrown

December 20, 2012

Fitness

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...a cookbook review column at Bookslut.com. I’ve been published in the Best Food Writing of 2010, and am currently working on a book proposal for a nonfiction book about finding and building a home saw me through and got me past some devastating personal losses. Here’s Livingsmallblog.com’s first treadmill desk post. And an update here. Thanks Christine! If you have a project you’d like to share in an interview, drop us a line at [email protected]...

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Self Irrigating Planter Resources

Mr. Homegrown

April 5, 2009

Self Watering Containers

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...of other variations on that general verbiage). In our opinion SIPs are the food growing tool of the aspiring urban agriculturalist. Make or buy one of these things and vegetable container gardening is a breeze. No need to water your pots three times a day during the summer! For those who can’t make our talk, and as a resource for those who can, we thought we would put all the Internet resources in one place in this here blog post. SIP hacker and h...

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Saturday Linkages: Coop Plans, Moonshine and Mercury in Seafood

Mr. Homegrown

December 22, 2012

Saturday Linkages

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...e Mayan Apocalypse Cigarette company endorses apples: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/cigarette-company-endorses-app.html … Mercury in seafood: Where does it come from? http://grist.org/food/mercury-in-seafood-where-does-it-come-from/#.UM036EuO8V8.twitter … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Happy Holidays From Los Angeles

Mr. Homegrown

December 24, 2012

Thoughtstylings

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...Our local drive-in liquor store certainly has the Christmas spirit. The Hi-Ho Market Christmas tree stays up year round! In fact it’s been up for several years. In place of a star there’s now a bucket full of trash. Extra points to the person that names the edible plant in front of the Hi-Ho. Who says LA is a food desert?...

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