Saturday Linkages: Goats, Chainsaws and a Big Blue Rooster

July 27, 2013

...MVDFUSEE/chainsaws-can-we-talk.html … Home Canning Hobby Leads to Near-Fatal Medical Emergency http://bit.ly/12GguN0 Big blue cock erected on fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square http://gu.com/p/3hhpk/tw We’re all gonna die Our Coming Food Crisis http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2163 A fresh perspective on alleged pesto outbreak in Italy http://barfblog.com/2013/07/a-fresh-perspective-on-alleged-pesto-outbreak-in-italy/ … The Blip http://nym...

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Cat Litter Compost, Installment #3

Mrs. Homegrown

August 12, 2013

Animals, Cats, Composting, Gardening

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...n down all the way through. I still wouldn’t put it as it is anywhere near food crops, even though it is two years old, just to be safe. To make it extra safe — and useful — I’ve been letting the worms have at it. I’m using it as part of the mix that forms the worm bedding, so cat poo will become worm poo and the garden will be delighted. That’s how I plan to dispose of all of it, bit by bit. If I didn’t have the worm bin, I’d call it done and spr...

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Saturday Linkages: Yet More Potty Talk

Mr. Homegrown

August 10, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...fblog.com/2013/08/can-diapers-really-control-salmonella-in-lap-chickens/ … Food Issues Cylindrical, quivering, gelatinous, tinned 12-course meal – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/08/04/cylindrical-quivering-gelati.html … What if gluten-phobes are eliminating the wrong thing? The Grain of Truth http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-grain-of-truth … Tokyo’s “unmanned stores” – honor-system sheds where farmers to sell their surpl...

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LA’s Parkway Garden Dilemma: Not Fixed Yet

Mr. Homegrown

August 20, 2013

Gardening, Urban Farming

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...allow vegetables in the parkway (it’s political suicide to oppose healthy food, after all), we also have to remember that the devil is in the details. I’m willing to bet that the Bureau of Street Services will allow “edible” plants but leave in place their short list of ornamentals as well as their requirement to keep those ornamentals mowed unless you apply for an expensive permit. While I’m all for vegetable in the parkway, I also think that th...

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Sweet Potatoes for Breakfast

Mrs. Homegrown

September 11, 2013

Food

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..., but I’m awful tired of them. 3) Sweet potatoes are a much vaunted “super food”. Primarily, they are incredibly rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene. So high, in fact, I wondered if I might OD on vitamin A from eating them daily. The answer is no. You cannot harm yourself from eating too many sweet potatoes. You can take too much A in pill form, or too much cod liver oil, and you can kill yourself outright eating Retinol packed polar bear liver (s...

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