Weekend Linkages: Perfection Salad
...es ever)...
Search Results for: label/lead/2010/06/the-urban-homestead/2011/04/making-it
876 results
Saturday Linkages: Conference Call Blues Edition
...Free ebook on how to lead a group online Old Laptop, Tablet or Phone? Here’s How They Can Help You Right Now The UK’s coronavirus policy may sound scientific. It isn’t Bobi Wine sings about cornavirus I think I’ve overdosed on Wagner Get some blueberry jam from a Root Simple reader!...
Erik’s 2012 New Year’s Resolutions in Review
...doesn’t look like an episode of Hoarders. Organize supplies in garage into labeled boxes: still messy. Turn the garage into the ultimate man cave. Increase running distance. Organize bug-out box. Backpack more often. Camp on Santa Rosa island again. Return to biodynamic practices in the garden. Learn how to sharpen knives and tools. Create an iPhone or iPad app. Check email only twice a day. Take more time to cook. Keep the kitchen spotless. Ferme...
Build a Ghetto Solar Cooker
Using crap we had laying around the homestead, SurviveLA fashioned a solar cooker based on plans from Backwoods Home Magazine, the Dwell of the Ted Kaczynski set. We just substituted an old cooler for the cardboard boxes, and we finished it off by using one of Los Angeles’ ubiquitous abandoned car tires as a cradle to keep the cooker oriented towards the sun. It ain’t pretty but it works. In our first test we reached 160º inside the oven, but we...
What’s Buried in Your Backyard?
...fume, because this tiny bottle has a very narrow, flow restricting opening. What have you found while digging on your homestead?...