Non-Toxic Cleaning for the Home

...ays to kill moth eggs. Wipe down all of your cabinet shelves with vinegar, making sure to get it in the cracks between the walls and the shelves. And if you have rats or mice, classic snap traps are very efficient and kinder than slow poison. You also do not run the risk of accidentally poisoning other creatures who might encounter the poison or the poisoned rat: cats, dogs, hawks, owls. Internet Myths and Chemistry Errors Over the last ten years...

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There Will Be Kraut Part II–Full Day Hands-On Fermentation Workshop at the Greystone Mansion

...Lecture + Full-Day Workshop for only $200 ! Erik Knutzen: Co-author of The Urban Homestead and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World, co-founder of the Los Angeles Bead Bakers collective. Hae Jung Cho: After recovering from a career in nonprofit management, Hae Jung has been working in the food industry since 2003 in high-end restaurants, catering and retail environments. Driven by a passion for foods that require time and patience,...

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Fashion on the Homestead

...to wear will be obvious. Does that mean a chicken coop casual Fridays? And for part two of this post I need to cajole Kelly into blogging about her outré homesteading uniform idea. In the meantime, how do you approach the way you dress?...

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Cat Scratching Post Update

...two problems at once? As you can see from the before and after shots, the cats love their scratching post. With two cats in residence, I’ve found that I have to renew the sisal every four to six months. In my original blog post on how-to make a cat scratcher I suggested using heavy duty staples. I’ve since switched to #17 x 1 inch wire nails which are easier to use and do a better job of securing the sisal. I still recommend using 3/8 inch sisal...

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Weekend Linkages: Ghost Kitchens, Cats and Recursion

...Some parody billboards just dropped in England and Wales. Via @BrentToderian Ghost kitchens of China Goodbye to the Future: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Metro’s Oscar Nightmare NSFW explanation of cat domestication ‘It’s like a place of healing’: the growth of America’s food forests Print rooms, prints, and their printed borders This week’s strange real estate listing A plaque about plaques...

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