Saturday Linkages: Sink Urinals!

July 13, 2013

...t/14UF668 Pee talk Because guys need better ways to pee; sink-urinal saves water, encourages men to wash hands http://barfblog.com/2013/07/because-guys-need-better-ways-to-piss-sink-urinal-saves-water-encourages-men-to-wash-hands/ … Adding fuel to the fire The Exaggerated Benefits of Electric Cars http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/07/01/the-exaggerated-benefits-of-electric-cars/#.UdyjXdg39C8.twitter … Car Ownership May Be Down in the U.S., But It’s S...

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Saturday Linkages: Artisinal DIY

Mr. Homegrown

June 15, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...eCqntv-9w.twitter … The best LED grow lights: http://ow.ly/1XdFBr Just Add Water: Concrete Buildings Built With Air + H2O | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/just-add-water-concrete-buildings-built-with-air-h2o/ … We close with a quote: “Inconvenient truths tend to create more anxious neurotics than they do enlightened stakeholders.” -Douglas Rushkoff in his new book Present Shock For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter:...

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Sweatin’ Pipe

Mr. Homegrown

December 18, 2006

Tools

...fact SurviveLA thinks it should be taught to elementary school children. Home owners, renters and kids all should know how to put pipe together with a blow torch since you never know when a pipe is going to burst, not to mention being able to construct some of the solar water heating projects we touched on last week. The tools needed for this job are cheap, and thanks to youtube, we have this dude to show you how to do it. We don’t know why one o...

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

Mr. Homegrown

July 26, 2006

Preparedness, Reviews

...tead 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 can stove to boil the water, incidentally. It cooked well, with only a couple of the elbow noodles escaping hydrating and ending as crunchy surprises on my fork. The pouch claims that it holds 1.5 servings: a Mary Jane’s Organics eccentricity. I scarfed the whole thing down without difficulty and I’m a girl. I t...

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Growing Your Own Soapnut Tree

Mr. Homegrown

September 30, 2013

Gardening, Trees

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...nd a frost free climate. It’s a tall tree that can take as long as ten years to begin fruiting. A friend of mine has one growing in Altadena. Sapindus Mukorossi needs lots of water. Craig has pointed out the perfect permacultural pairing for our dry climate–use the greywater from your washing machine to water your soap nut tree. It can be a bit tough to get the seeds to germinate. Here’s some instructions on how to grow Sapindus Mukorossi from see...

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