Farm in a Box

...ost can be done anywhere, by anyone who shares a passion for locally grown food and herbs, without the challenges of in ground farming. Experiment with growing aquaponically raised fish and vegetables in your house on the patio in a greenhouse or community garden, and enjoy!” Having never tried aquaculture I can’t say if Farm in a Box is a good idea or not, but it sure is interesting to see an advanced permacultural concept ending up in the isles...

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Make Mag

...rs are terrific — we can start at home to remake manufacturing, education, food production, transportation, and recreation. In MAKE Volume 18 you’ll learn how to make an automatic garden, heat your water with the sun, monitor and share your home energy usage, and more.” Here’s just a few of the many exciting projects: Chicago comrade Nancy Klehm tells you how to compost human waste. Homegrown Evolution has an article on how to install a drip irrig...

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Cutting a Beehive Out of a Wall

...ss, Sue and property owner Jen When we got back to Sue’s garden we put the frames into a hive box and dumped the loose bees in. While we won’t know for a while if the hive will take to its new home, we all felt a great sense of accomplishment. Hopefully, other urbanites around the world will take up beekeeping and put more exterminators out of work. For more info on Kirk Anderson’s natural beekeeping methods see www.beehuman.blogspot.com. Got a be...

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Rain- The Best Gift of All

Homegrown Neighbor here: It is Christmastime, I am stuffed full of food and my house is brimming with yet more stuff. I have enjoyed the holidays, but I’m even more excited about the rain we have had and that there is perhaps more in the forecast. When it comes to what really counts, well, rain is pretty high up there. The past few years have been extremely dry here in the West. The year before last we literally had 3 inches of rain in L.A. So ra...

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Saturday Tweets: A Wacky Week

...//t.co/lFNgzheylY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2016 Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests https://t.co/sC98D5n4XW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2016 Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets https://t.co/3qgoli6bFq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 12, 2016 Smokey was wrong. You can’t prevent wildfires, and you shouldn’t try. https://t.co/q0xRSrFqtF via @grist — Root Simple (@r...

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