Beekeeping Legal in Los Angeles!

October 15, 2015

...verything is connected: heightened awareness of the plight of bees goes hand in hand with issues such as the overuse of pesticides and where our food comes from. It’s a great week for the City of Los Angeles....

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Weekend Tweets: Strawberry Season, Air Plant Therapy and Trees Eating Things

Mr. Homegrown

May 7, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...ou needed some ideas! https://t.co/EFAz5WrKIf pic.twitter.com/DbfnVpFvIz — Food in Jars (@foodinjars) May 6, 2016 Cashew Butter with Honey and Cinnamon https://t.co/xQd0vZk8zk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2016 How to Revive a Sick Air Plant via @Garden_Therapy https://t.co/7aQVr93hl8 pic.twitter.com/E5KQLjMyW0 — Fairy Tale Gardens (@JennasFairyTale) May 4, 2016 Trees “eating” things https://t.co/gjgBwqMo54 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 4,...

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Science, Blogging and Peaches

Mr. Homegrown

May 31, 2016

Gardening, Thoughtstylings

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...While I don’t have the educational background or temperament for this, let me put this idea out there: how about putting together crowd-sourced experiments and observation into backyard food production? It seems like some great apps could be developed to do this. What do you think? What are the first questions you’d like answered?...

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SolSource Review Part I: Assembly

Mr. Homegrown

June 17, 2016

Appropriate Technology, Solar, Solar Oven Summer, Water and Power

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...record setting heat wave is set to arrive this weekend–perfect timing for testing the SolSource. (Though, honestly, this heat wave looks so nasty we might able to cook just by setting the food out on the patio!) The SolSource retails for $499.00. It can be purchased at the One Earth Designs site (shipping is free) and also at Amazon. Save...

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Coffee Roasting Demo at Summer Nights in the Garden July 8

Mr. Homegrown

June 20, 2016

Events

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...er Nights in the Garden. It’s a fun mix of hands-on science demos, crafts, food trucks, music and cocktails in the museum’s beautiful garden. We’ve been a part of it each year and we’re returning on July 8th from 5-9 p.m. to do a home coffee roasting demo. Of all the crazy home ec things we do around the Root Simple compound, coffee roasting is one of the simplest and most rewarding. I can’t believe that more people don’t do it. We’re going to sho...

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