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Waxed Cloth Food Wrap (Made in a solar oven for bonus self-righteousness points)

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Domesticus, Food, How-to, Solar Oven Summer
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...raps from sewing projects. Solar Oven Specifics Beeswax melts at just below 150F/64C. It can discolor if heated above 185F/85C. Its flashpoint is 400F/204.4C. While many home ovens can be set to 150F, my home oven is really primitive, it doesn’t have a pilot light and it doesn’t cook below 200F. I could fuss with it, prop the door open or whatnot to get lower temperatures, but I never wanted waxed cloths enough to bother with it. But now that we h...

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Federico Tbn’s Self Irrigating Pots

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Gardening, Self Watering Containers
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Federico Tbn sent me some very cool pictures of two self irrigating pots (SIPs) he built out of found materials. The one in the picture above uses a water jug and a five gallon bucket. Unlike my really ugly SIPs, Federico has taken the time to ornament the outside of the bucket. Federico says, This one is a variation on the 5 gallon bucket system. The handle on the jug was a convenient way of inserting a piece of 1/2 inch PVC pipe to refill the r...

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Is the Urban Homesteading Trend Over?

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Thoughtstylings
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...ikes that coincide with canning at the end of summer. Unsurprisingly, most homesteading topics revolve around seasons. Seasonality, by the way, is one of things I really like about this movement. A digression here–the flatness of time (see Charles Taylor)–is one of the things I don’t like about modernity. “Home canning” searches “Home canning” searches show a more dramatic decline. “Backyard Chickens” searches People research backyard chickens in...

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Saturday Tweets: Crowbox, Urban Walking and the War on Cars

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...t welcome by all https://t.co/asyHXyLZGj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 15, 2018 Want to become a DISEASE DETECTIVE? https://t.co/g60GSdQyp2 via @CDCgov — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 17, 2018 15 cities tackling traffic and pollution by curbing cars https://t.co/LX0gRH2UDh via @Curbed #bikeLA #walkLA — Matt Ruscigno (@MattRuscigno) August 15, 2018 Welcome to The War on Cars. A new podcast from @buttermilk1, @BrooklynSpoke, and @Naparstek....

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