A Homegrown Revolution manifesto by way of a short (true) story.

...especially dangerous cocktail. Stay alert out there folks and read Hurst’s book (read an interview with Hurst here). 7. Karma The hipsters jumped back on their bikes leaving Homegrown Revolution, the two women, and the security guard at the marijuana dispensary staring at the dented and completely trashed back end of someone’s new Kia. There was a pause as we were all relieved that the hipster was able to walk away from what, judging from the huge...

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028 Radical Homemaker Shannon Hayes

...ding Radical Homemakers, Long Way on a Little and The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook. She has a new book of essays called Homespun Mom Comes Unraveled, a smart, funny, moving account of the challenges and joys of living the DIY life. Shannon also raises grassfed livestock on her family’s Sap Bush Hollow Farm. You can find her books (in both hard copy and ebook formats) and farm products on her website, theradicalhomemaker.net. During the podcast we dis...

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Saturday Tweets: Parsley Poodle Sandwich

...https://t.co/AQdn2mRYWB — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) July 9, 2019 A new book I contributed to is out today! It’s an update to the 2006 book Vegetarian Sports Nutrition- which if you know me you know I recommended it often. Honored to have worked on this updated version. It’s PACKED with all the info you need.https://t.co/ow1PV9zdKv pic.twitter.com/XU5xwKrRUs — Matt Ruscigno (@MattRuscigno) July 12, 2019 The Pentel Graphgear 1000 Mechanical Penc...

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Eight Things to Consider When Saving Vegetable Seeds

The directions for seed saving in our last book, Making It, almost got cut. Perhaps we should have just changed those directions to “Why it’s OK to buy seeds.” The fact is that it’s not easy to save the seeds of many vegetables thanks to the hard work of our bee friends. That being said, Shannon Carmody of Seed Saver’s Exchange gave a lecture at this year’s Heirloom Exposition with some tips for ambitious gardeners who want to take up seed saving...

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