Our New Straw Bale Garden–Part I

April 23, 2013

Straw bales–ready to prepare. Pot in the center will be a solar powered fountain. We’re going to experiment with a straw bale vegetable garden in our backyard, inspired by Michael Tortorello’s article in the New York Times. The plan is to grow in the bales and harvest the resulting compost for use in permanent raised beds (that have yet to be built). We’ll keep growing in bales until we have enough compost for the beds. The problems presented by...

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Saturday Linkages: A Close Shave, Building Codes and Protected Bike Lanes

Mr. Homegrown

June 7, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...erned” Feel Safer Biking http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/06/05/protected-bike-lanes-make-the-interested-but-concerned-feel-safer-biking/#.U5FMq5MQX2g.twitter … via @StreetsblogUSA Why the Solar Roadways Project on Indiegogo is Really Silly – http://Equities.com For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Visit the Eco-Home

Mr. Homegrown

April 3, 2009

Events

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...utiful “Eco-Home”, now is the time. She’s a pioneer in edible landscaping, solar power, and many other things we all now take for granted. Best of all, you can take a tour: “Since the 1970’s, April has been home to Earth Day. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “the Green Generation,” and what better way to strengthen your role as part of this movement than by learning how to make your own life more earth-friendly and sustainable by joining us...

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SurviveLA Food Review: Mary Jane’s Farm Organic Buttery Herb Pasta

Mr. Homegrown

July 26, 2006

Preparedness, Reviews

...ried tomatoes from the SurviveLA gardens (and dehydrated in the compound’s solar dehydrator – more on that in a future post), and that added the perfect amount of interest. Nuts, canned tuna, fresh veggies if you wanted to carry them, all would work well too. You cook this entree in its own bag (a paper bag instead of a foil pouch, which is nice). All you do is add 3/4 cup of boiling water, reseal the bag and wait for ten minutes. I used a Pepsi c...

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Block Party Weekend

Mr. Homegrown

September 11, 2006

Thoughtstylings

...e block party featured ecologically savvy and self-reliant touches such as solar ovens to cook the vegetarian buffet and photovoltaic panels to power the amplifiers of the bands entertaining the crowds on Bimini Street. The fine folks at the Bicycle Kitchen had a repair stand to fix people’s rides, while at the other end of the block the smell of spray paint filled the air as kids got to go nuts making art on some old sheets of plywood. But what i...

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