Getting Started With Succulents Free eBook
...ere’s even info on how to drill a hole in a ceramic cup or pot (when you drill 200 of them you get pretty good at it!). You can download the eBook here....
Search Results for: label/homegrown evolution amazon store/2010/06/the-urban-homestead
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Home cooking advice?
...talian and Middle Eastern cuisines and cooking traditions, but these broad labels are enough for now.) I am neither Italian nor Middle Eastern–my native regional dish would be a steak with a corncob on the side–but I live in a Mediterranean climate, and the vegetables and herbs and fruits used in these cuisines thrive in my yard, and are easy to buy locally. This food just makes sense here. And we like it. If I limit my choices like this, my pantr...
Worth Doing From Scratch: Corn Tortillas
...asy and the results are way better than those dry tortillas you buy at the store. Some things I’ve learned: I have a cast iron tortilla press that works great but my Mexicano friends in the know suggested a wooden press. Making masa from scratch is a huge amount of work and I’ve done just fine with supermarket masa harina. As I like to measure dry ingredients by weight I’ve figured out that for enough tortillas for four people you need to mix 250...
001 Transplants vs. Seedlings, Josey Baker Bread, Gluten Intolerance and Rats in the Compost
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On the documentary, Fed Up, and giving up sugar
...–how sugar is hidden in almost every prepared and packaged food on grocery store shelves, especially those marketed as healthy, low fat products. They also describe sugar as an addictive substance, pointing out that given a choice, lab rats choose sugar over cocaine. Call me a rat and give me a wheel. I’ve been off all sugar for 6 days now, and while the first couple of days were easy, the last few have been surprisingly hard. I’m twitchy and mood...