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Homestead Academy: A Two Day Course in Kitchen Self-Reliance

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Events
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...f an intensive weekend of classes in bread baking, vinegar brewing, yogurt making and more. The event, which will take place on July 6th and 7th is presented by Growcology and the Emerald Village and will take place in Vista, CA. This weekend intensive is designed to catapult you into a life of self-reliance through homesteading. Join Growcology and the Emerald Village Volunteers as we share the simple and effective ways to make: yogurt, cheese, b...

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054 Digital Design Tools on the Homestead

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Design, Podcasts
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...led (CNC) technology John’s Cat Bed 7 (pictured above) Using pen and paper Making physical models Architectural scale and rulers Cinema 4-D Sketchup (a free and simple 3-D tool) Rhino Adobe Illustrator Thingiverse 3-D Printing Low-tech CNC using just a video projector and your computer MoI Moment of Inspiration How to learn good design If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsi...

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How to Design and Fabricate Homestead Projects

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Design
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...Brain. Once you go through that you’re ready for a fun book I’m currently making my way through called Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design. Modeling Lastly it’s time to get those ideas in the free version of the 3d program Sketchup. You can learn Sketchup in an evening or two and it has really helped separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to my many bad ideas. With Sketchup you can rotate the object and really see if it works ae...

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Saturday Tweets: Cats, Silicon Valley and DIY Bus Benches

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...s living on 11 acres in the midwest without electricity or running water! #homestead pic.twitter.com/n00fv7UsBd — Gardenerd (@gardenerd1) November 29, 2018 UK retailer offers Christmas trees for cat lovers https://t.co/jem0367EEh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 29, 2018 Laugh/cry! https://t.co/sXT6C6aPz1 — Mollie Stratton (@MollieStratton) November 29, 2018 👏 Two Swedish mums have managed to persuade 10,000 people not to fly next year. Are yo...

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Saturday Tweets: Plywood and Mean Cats

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...— Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 3, 2017 Restoring a Rare Hand Plane | Stanley #4 1/2 https://t.co/1c8qOD65oJ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 14, 2017 Before Ikea pic.twitter.com/1IAb3NWPJr — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 3, 2017 RT @UCUrbanAg: Altadena Farmers' Market encourages backyard growers, sales of hyperlocal produce. https://t.co/98EMwEVW7e via @LAWeeklyFood — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) September 2, 2017 maxwell ha...

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