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Analysis Paralysis

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Design, Thoughtstylings
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...ours researching, planning and discussing. I told Mrs. Homegrown that this Saturday I was buying lumber and cutting wood. I quickly drew up plans in SketchUp and started working. The first hexagonal raised bed attempt came out a bit too small so I went back to SketchUp and re-sized the plans. My self imposed deadline worked. Within a few hours I had the beds that I wanted and was very pleased with the results. The analysis paralysis spell was brok...

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Breadbaking (Level 1) Class at the Ecology Center

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Bread, Events, Food
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...bread class down in the OC at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday February 8th. To sign up head over to the event page. Here’s the 411: Ditch the preservatives and plastic wrap. Join us and learn how to make homemade, all-natural bread from scratch. Take home fresh and ready-to-bake dough! There was a time in the not-so distant past that the smell of freshly baked bread permeated households everywhere. Let’s revert to those whole...

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Beekeeping Class at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano

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Animals, Bees, Events
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...no-treatment beekeeping at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano this Saturday at 1 pm. To sign up buzz over here. Here’s the class description: Become a backyard beekeeper and enjoy a healthy garden full of pollinators. Understand beekeeping tools, materials, and techniques to get started. Beekeeping, or apiculture, is said to have begun with the Egyptians who used logs, boxes, and pottery vessels to make hives. Today, with bees dissapearing...

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Permaculture Design Course at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano

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Events
...cation head over here. Course Organization: March 29 – June 19 Every other Saturday/Sunday from 10am – 4pm. 10am-11am – Design charrette 11am-noon – Lecture noon-1pm – Lunch break 1pm-4pm – Hands-on workshop/demo Schedule will vary on days with off-site engagement Course Objectives: The intention of this course is that each apprentice will graduate as an eco-advocate who can better design human settlement. This course will shape how we think about...

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Easter Lessons

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Chickens, Domesticus, Mistakes
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...st on naturally dyed Easter eggs, I decided to have a go at dyeing eggs on Saturday night. The eggs our ladies deliver are all shades of beige to brown, so I worried that they’d not take dye as well as white eggs, but the post promised good results with brown eggs, and the dyes were deep and earthy enough that it seemed it would not matter. The technique was simple–a one to one ratio of organic matter to water, boiled 15 minutes or more, cooled, a...

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