Making Tofu From Scratch at the Institute of Domestic Technology

June 9, 2014

...coffee roasting, bacon curing, bread baking, jam and exotic projects like making your own nocino and toothpaste. One of the perks of teaching at the IDT is getting to sit in on some of the other classes. The coffee roasting class changed my life. Now, every morning, I look forward to fresh coffee I roasted myself in a Whirley-Pop Popcorn maker. This past weekend I sat in a new IDT class taught by author Andrea Nguyen on how to make tofu from scra...

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Butter Making Demo at the Natural History Museum

Mr. Homegrown

August 6, 2015

Events

Join us for what I promise will be the Burning Man of butter making this Friday evening at the Natural History Museum. We’ll be doing a hands-on shake your own butter demo with live drummers. Best of all it’s freeeeeeeeeeeee, but you need to RSVP. And there’s more: MUSIC with COASTIN (5-7 pm) and Evan Weiss from Junk (7-9pm) BUTTER MAKING with authors, Erik Knutzen & Kelly Coyne (*timed-ticket required) POTTING SUCCULENTS (*timed-ticket required)...

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Making It Available in Overdrive App

Mr. Homegrown

December 22, 2016

Publications

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...nload eBooks, videos and audio books to your digital devices for free. Over 30,000 libraries worldwide use Overdrive to distribute materials. To sign up you log in with your library card number and create an account. You will also need to install the Nook app to read books downloaded through Overdrive. I highly recommend that you ask your local librarian about your local library’s digital resources. In addition to apps like Overdrive, many librari...

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Weekend Tweets: Stressing Out Plants, Jerry Baker is Still a Quack and Flower Studded Lawns

Mr. Homegrown

April 9, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...Kempf (@DamienKempf) April 8, 2016 Great Dixter’s meadows-“flower-studded lawns”-blend aesthetics & biodiversity in a yummy way https://t.co/UniXpmTLAy pic.twitter.com/XH2UYHXBvY — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 8, 2016 MDF Japanese Woodworking Toolbox https://t.co/96tT0nxZmp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 7, 2016 Awesome cat wall instructable: https://t.co/ln3GgNMNoD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 7, 2016 Geometric Crystal Terrarium...

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The Great Water Conservation Grift

Mr. Homegrown

May 24, 2022

Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...s who exploited their workers and left us with acres of gravel and plastic lawns. Or, since most homeowners don’t have any understanding of climate or horticulture, we just get dead lawns or, at best, decomposed granite and a few sad cacti. Coastal California is not a desert yet, and our landscapes can be both lush and not use a lot of water. Plus we might want to use water for things like parks, schools and athletic fields especially when that us...

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