Water your Trees with Greywater

February 5, 2018

Gardening, Trees, Water and Power, Water Conservation

...pectacular. The bottom line is that we only trust the detergents and soaps that Ludwig himself designed: Oasis Biocompatible Laundry Detergent and Dishwash soap. Here are Brad Landcaster’s thoughts on soaps and detergents. Let me also note the utility of Landcaster’s books and website when it comes to all things water conservation related, especially how to grade and configure tree plantings to optimize rainwater irrigation. One last and rarely me...

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How to Get Skunks Out of Your Basement and Yard

Mr. Homegrown

March 19, 2014

Animals, Gardening, Pests

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Basements and crawl spaces under houses make idea dens for urban critters. If we could charge rent for all the skunks, raccoons and feral cats that have taken up residence under the house we’d have paid off the mortgage by now. Our particular crawl space critter B&B was opened by virtue of a flimsy access door. Some animal, most likely a raccoon, pried it open. The problem with this situation is that you can’t just close up the door. Some poor cr...

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Paper Wasps: Your New BFFs

Mrs. Homegrown

October 31, 2016

Gardening, Insects, Nature Awareness

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...meat and like to hang out on the lips of your soda can. Those guys live in underground nests. Your resident paper wasps will not hassle you if you’re doing backyard grilling or enjoying lemonade on the porch. They don’t like our food. Wasps are seasonal creatures. They build their nests in the spring and the colony disperses in the fall. You can solve your wasp “problem” by simply waiting it out. If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you! Wa...

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Saturday Tweets: Scary Gelatins and Flesh Eating Screwworms

Mr. Homegrown

October 22, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) October 21, 2016 Bike lock developed that makes thieves immediately vomit https://t.co/IsXwBzKSo5 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 21, 2016 And about relational approaches to issues like #climatechange, which I summarized in @NewRepublic https://t.co/UdWXH3uPYP — Faith Kearns (@frkearns) October 18, 2016 10 facts you might not know about Food Waste: https://t.co/35NuLW88tg #foodtank pic.twitter.com/BSF4mvmQX5 RT @F...

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The Return of the Monocle?

Mr. Homegrown

February 3, 2015

Appropriate Technology

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...ou use glasses try looking through them with just your non-dominant eye to understand how a monocle would allow you to see both close up and distance at the same time. Monocles weren’t an affectation in the old days. I’m sure it would take some time to adjust to, but wouldn’t it be better than having to remember to carry around the hideous reading drug store glasses I currently use? Kelly considers a monocle grounds for divorce and, I have to admi...

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