How to Homestead

February 23, 2008

...ead videos to stream or download. No longer relegated to the rural sphere, homesteading can be done anywhere and we are here to show you how.” With many homesteading activities, from chicken slaughtering to tortellini making, internet based video is a useful resource when you don’t have a friend or relative to show you a skill first hand. Kudos to the How to Homesteaders and we look forward to future episodes on this nicely designed site. To celeb...

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SIPS and Kraut at Project Butterfly

Mr. Homegrown

August 24, 2009

Events

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...our community and our planet. Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of The Urban Homestead, have become increasingly interested in the concept of urban sustainability since moving to Los Angeles in 1998. In that time, they’ve slowly converted their 1920 hilltop bungalow into a mini-farm, and along the way have explored the traditional home arts of baking, pickling, bicycling and brewing, chronicling all their activities on their blog Homegrown Evo...

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Mulch, mulch, mulch!

Mrs. Homegrown

May 14, 2015

Back to the Garden, Garden Design, Gardening, Permaculture, Soil

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...u lay down something more like 8 inches (20 cm)). You can also mulch fruit trees with compost instead of wood-based mulch, to give the soil life there a boost, or lay down an inch or so of compost, and then top with mulch. When mulching your trees and bushes, be sure to leave a couple of inches between the mulch and their trunks. You don’t want the mulch creeping up the trunk–it’s not healthy for the wood. Mulching your paths, seating and play are...

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Saturday Tweets: Sourdough Myths and When Parking Meant Trees

Mr. Homegrown

October 31, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...2015 I'm loving this website–so much good stuff! The History of Marker Trees https://t.co/fMn4TeUEWD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 29, 2015 X-ray technology reveals California's forests are in for a radical transformation https://t.co/Bu3j4S6hrh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 29, 2015 When “Parking” Meant “Space for Trees” http://t.co/Ka8eReiSD0 — RDS Biagi (@RDSBiagi) June 11, 2015 Questioning green instrumentalism 'the bel...

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Water your Trees with Greywater

Mr. Homegrown

February 5, 2018

Gardening, Trees, Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...eglected to mention greywater as a way to deal with our drought challenged trees here in California. So, on this greywater Monday, I thought I’d round up some previous posts and links on the subject. Laundry to Landscape International greywater guru Art Ludwig has a set of free plans on his website Oasis Designs for a laundry to landscape system. I’ve built this system at our house and at a neighbors’ and can attest to its ease of construction and...

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