Self Watering Barrel Gardens, Aussie style

August 25, 2014

...rn drums into gardens. They look good too. We’ve featured self watering containers on our blog and in our books. They are a great way to deal with hot climates and bad soil. And, in many places, drums are as plentiful as people. Thanks to Helen in Sunbury, Victoria for the tip!...

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Behold the Ant Lion

Mrs. Homegrown

November 20, 2014

Animals, Insects, Nature Awareness

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...all over the world, in any region which has a dry, warm climate–and sandy soil. Dry sand is necessary for their predation style. They dig holes in which to capture their prey. The hole I saw, like the hole above, is called a lion ant trap. (And a wicked trap it is! Arrggg matey!) What dug the hole? This: This is an ant lion in its larval stage. And believe me, there are scarier pictures of these guys on the Internets, but none free of copyright r...

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Saturday Tweets: Mobile Markets, Big Oil and Public Transit Seat Covers

Mr. Homegrown

March 23, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...ps://t.co/sLRc08vnOk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2019 Seeing the Urban Forest for the Trees – Blogs | Planetizen https://t.co/f2FZWJv7BO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2019 Thread. https://t.co/lv4UhsW3tJ — The War on Cars (@TheWarOnCars) March 22, 2019 Virginia transit officials tried out Elon Musk’s tunnel in Los Angeles County, and here’s what they took away from it: “It’s a car in a very small tunnel.”https://t.co/mVhMKzMYJ5 —...

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Chicken of the Woods

Mr. Homegrown

November 22, 2019

Food, Foraging

...calyptus. The very same mushroom pundits suggest thoroughly cooking all Laetiporus. I can report having consumed a lot of the mushroom we foraged with no ill effects. It was, in fact, one of the most delicious mushrooms I’ve ever consumed. But one should not trust the musings of an aging urban homesteading blogger when foraging for mushrooms. Find yourself a local mushroom nerd or run it past your cats. That said, don’t be too fearful either or yo...

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Life in a Pandemic

Mr. Homegrown

April 27, 2020

Thoughtstylings

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...future holds. There are simply too many variables to know what will happen in the coming months. Will we have another wave infections? Will governments bail out corporations or individuals? Will we have a recession or depression? Will there be a revived interest in urban homesteading or will we go back to shopping and consuming? I’m wary of suggesting a silver lining in this crisis. For many, around the world, it will just be awful. I’m curious ho...

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