Solar Oven Triumph: Fluffy Egg Strata

July 5, 2016

...n to plan accordingly. Another learning curve is figuring out what kind of foods do well in a solar oven. Eggs, it turns out, really like solar ovens! This is logical, because eggs do well when cooked low and slow. (Have you ever tried the Eggs Francis Picabia recipe in the Alice B. Toklas Cookbook?) I think any kind of quiche/egg pie/strata type recipe will do well in a sun oven, and intend to explore this more. The Eartheasy egg strata recipe wa...

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Saturday Tweets: The Weather, Moletakers and More Cats

Mr. Homegrown

September 23, 2017

Saturday Linkages

...k. #DeathToFalseTruffleOil https://t.co/W0McFqq78f — Josh Lurie-Food GPS (@foodgps) September 16, 2017 If you are driving at night, stop your car, turn off the ignition, and throw your keys into a sewer. https://t.co/qZ41i15RPH — Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) September 23, 2017 Plastic bollards should be regarded as temporary bandaids waiting for a more permanent design to be funded. https://t.co/uHb9yZ2Aho — Jim Charlier (@TheCharlier) September...

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005 Amy and Vince of Tenth Acre Farm

Mr. Homegrown

June 25, 2014

Gardening, Permaculture, Podcasts

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...ive brake bleeder. This is a cool and low cost alternative to the electric Food Saver vacuum sealer. And Amy discussed her provocative post on why they don’t keep chickens. According to Amy, homesteading is “more of a marathon than a sprint.” They are in it for the long hall. We conclude by having Vince and Amy answer a Listener question about living a sustainable life in a cold climate (something we know nothing about!). Amy mentions growing frui...

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De-Cluttering for DIYers, Homesteaders, Artists, Preppers, etc.

Mrs. Homegrown

February 9, 2015

Cleaning, Tidying up

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...hout power or water.) Your family will be more comfortable eating familiar foods like tuna, peanut butter, soup, grains and beans and home-canned goods during an emergency than they would eating weird emergency rations. You won’t have to worry about expiry dates, because you’ll using these pantry basics constantly and replacing them as you go. Don’t forget to stock up for your pets, too. Make your emergency preparedness first-aid kit your everyday...

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2014: The Year in Review

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...most revelatory class for me was Pascal and Mia proving that you can find food in hottest and driest month of the year during a apocalyptic drought. There’s a lot of people who forage, but fewer who know what to do with the wild foods they gather. Pascal and Mia are working on a book that I predict will be the foraging book. September Stoicism Today In a very unlikely turn of events, an essay we wrote was included in a book on stoicism. I tried n...

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