Homegrown San Francisco Events

...ave any dirt to call your own. The Studio for Urban Projects is located at 3579 17th St., San Francisco (between Dolores & Guerrero). Also, in San Francisco this coming weekend make sure to catch the folks at How To Homestead on Saturday, April 4 at the Other Cinema at 8:30 PM for some brand new homesteading movies, homebrew tastings, and the “butt-shaking musical antics of the Goat Family.” The Other Cinema is located at ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia...

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Free Vermicomposting Workshop in Pasadena

...ous worm failed contraptions that I’ve made and enjoy some coffee together. 10am/Start. We’ll start at 10am sharp. We’ll introduce ourselves and share for about 15 mins about why you decided to come to the workshop, leanings from you individual experimenting, and problems and questions about vermicomposting. 10:30am/Failures. Then I’ll walk everyone through the various worm contraptions that I’ve developed over the last two years and how each fail...

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New Chicken!

...y new hen. The Chicken Enthusiasts club I started had our first meeting on Saturday. Twenty five people attended. Not too bad for a group that just started a month ago. The meeting was really fun, much chicken knowledge was exchanged and we all got to enjoy meeting other like minded folks. At the meeting, this chicken arrived in need of a new home. Since I recently lost a hen, it made sense that I offer her a new abode. She is in a cage inside the...

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A Primitive Bow Workshop

...computer screens to update this website, it was a great relief to spend a Saturday carving primitive bows in a workshop led by local self-reliance expert Christopher Nyerges. Kelly and I have been into archery for many years, off and on, but we’ve never tried to make our own bow. Root Simple pal John Zapf carves a bow to match that stylish hat A bow seems like a simple device until you try to make one that will work repeatedly without breaking. A...

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