Bees Like Mochi

May 27, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0IPv74oEQE This viral video proves two things: 1. Bees like sugar. 2. Foraging bees aren’t likely to sting. And I love the way this street vendor keeps on working. If this were the US, there’d be a major freak out, the fire and health departments would be called and an exterminator would show up to spray poison. If you keep calm and carry on you get your mochi and the bees get a free lunch. Thanks to Winnetka Farm...

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The Elf and Ethics

Mr. Homegrown

April 22, 2014

Bikes, Transportation

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...nd against this type of transportation. On the one hand it uses far fewer resources than an automobile. But one could also argue, as does the owner of a bike shop in this video, that we’d all be better off with a far simpler and less expensive bicycle. I can see both sides of the argument. Perhaps younger folks should take to bicycles and older people or those with disabilities or heavy cargo could use something like an Elf. Plus the Elf would be...

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Holy Scrap on the Road

Mr. Homegrown

October 1, 2015

Domesticus

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=156&v=IM8OPqJnOHE The Holy Scrap Hot Springers, our guests on episode 18 of the podcast are spending seven months touring the US in their pimped out Honda element. In this video Wendy and Mikey show off their 35 square foot “Hondominium” from which they run an eBay based business out in the middle of nowhere/everywhere....

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The Austrian Scythe is the New Weed Whacker

Mr. Homegrown

July 30, 2009

Tools

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...iodically “peened” (the term for using a hammer to smooth out nicks). Scythes come in European and American styles. The European configuration is ergonomic and the American style is clunky and uncomfortable to use. There’s also several different blades for weeding and harvesting and, like a bicycle, it’s crucial that your scythe fit your height. Scythe use is intellectual for me since years worth of mulching, a dry climate and a very small yard me...

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Gathering of Community Gardeners

Homegrown Neighbor

October 21, 2009

Events, Gardening

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...Saturday is free, but a $10 donation is requested to cover operating expenses. I recommend you go and pay them $100, because that is what this event is worth. You’ll meet the coolest people in L.A., learn about gardening, eat great food and contribute to a great cause. The tour of community gardens on Sunday is already booked up so you’ll just have to make the most of Saturday. When I lived in an apartment after college I had a plot in a local com...

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