Homestead Academy: A Two Day Course in Kitchen Self-Reliance

June 24, 2013

Events

...ead baking, vinegar brewing, yogurt making and more. The event, which will take place on July 6th and 7th is presented by Growcology and the Emerald Village and will take place in Vista, CA. This weekend intensive is designed to catapult you into a life of self-reliance through homesteading. Join Growcology and the Emerald Village Volunteers as we share the simple and effective ways to make: yogurt, cheese, butter, bread, home cleaning products, b...

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Homegrown Evolution in Chicago

Mr. Homegrown

May 9, 2009

Events

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...nderstanding of how SIPs work and how to plant yours once you get home. MAY 21 HOMESTEADING 101 with Erik Knutzen 7-9pm $7-10 (sliding scale) Experimental Station 6100 South Blackstone, Chicago Register with: [email protected] Erik will lead an informal presentation on Urban Homesteading in Los Angeles – focusing on his and his wife’s homegrown systems of adventurous experimentation of chickens, growing, greywater, brewing and more – some succ...

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Casting out the lawn

Mr. Homegrown

June 5, 2008

Lawns, Thoughtstylings

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...onment, rising food costs and the importance of donating to those in need. Urban Farming and Holy Nativity, along with the project’s partners, will have a celebration event on Sunday, June 8. This garden is a partner in the Urban Farming campaign, “INCLUDE FOOD™ when planting and landscaping”. During World War II, twenty million people planted “victory gardens” at their homes. They grew 40% of America’s produce. We did it then, we can do it again....

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Weekend Linkages: New Year, New Links

Mr. Homegrown

January 7, 2024

Saturday Linkages

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...The Kept and the Killed 2023 Top 10 of Olden Tymee Cook Books on Sandwiches of History⁣ 2023 Top 10 Worst Sandwiches on Sandwiches of History⁣ The San Francisco Bay’s Red Rock Island is for sale for $25M Headlights Seem Brighter? Jan. 18, 1968: Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth at the White House Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird...

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Weekend Linkages: All Hallows’ Eve

Mr. Homegrown

October 29, 2023

Saturday Linkages

...Arend Hendriks, Cat at the top of a Dark Staircase. All the Whole Earth Catalogs online Make a timelapse camera with a Raspberry Pi ‘Dangerously misguided’: the glaring problem with Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural dreamworld Missing Downtown Connector Bikeways Leon Ray Livingston, America’s Most Famous Hobo...

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