Revolutionary Rusks

November 5, 2006

...ion (and amazing photo!) from photographer, velolutionary, and Culver-Town homesteader Elon Schoenholz: Rusks are sturdy biscuits of Dutch South African origin, slightly sweetened and heartily nonperishable. Like biscotti, they’re double-baked, dry and crunchy; unlike the chocolate-dipped and plastic-wrapped crap on the counter at Starbucks, however, homemade rusks are practical, nourishing and inexpensive. The version we prefer, with chopped almo...

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Weekend Linkages: Spiders and Fast Food Ghosts

Mr. Homegrown

July 17, 2022

Saturday Linkages

...Michael Grave’s original plans for Portland City Hall had a little town on top via @jmfowl. Two Men Had To Be Extinguished After Catching Fire At Goop Store A beautiful art book about spiders LA Restaurants Are Breathing Life Into the Architectural Ghosts of Fast-Food Past China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes” Energy use from US cryptomining firms is contributing to rising utility bills...

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Free Qigong via Zoom

Mr. Homegrown

March 26, 2020

Events

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...each session. Schedule appears below (subject to change). * Thursday, 3/26, 10:30AM orientation / 11AM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/832068559 * Friday, 3/27, 10:30AM orientation / 11AM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/387723400 * Sat., 3/28, 1PM orientation / 1:30PM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/712246953 * Sunday, 3/29, 3PM orientation / 3:30PM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/472877790 * Monday, 3/30, 12PM orientation / 12:30PM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/560949674 *...

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Natural Cooling: The Fresh Air Bed

Mr. Homegrown

June 19, 2017

Appropriate Technology, Design, Water and Power

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...t the window. The idea lives on, but only for cats, in the form of the Cat Solarium and in many homebrew kitty window solutions. But enough about cats, what we really need is to bring back the California Fresh Air Bed Company’s clever indoor/outdoor bed. As many consider downsizing to smaller houses, space and energy saving furniture such as this make more sense than the oversized sofa sectionals that plague our modern mega-houses. Save Save Save...

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The tale of the worm bin celery

Mrs. Homegrown

July 3, 2013

Food, Gardening, Miscellaneous, Vermiculture

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...bolt (that is, send up flower stalks). When a plant bolts, it puts all its energy into flowering. At that point, its not much use to us as food. I was sad to lose my bottomless celery supply, but I was excited about the flowers. Pollinating insects love celery blossoms. Actually, they adore the whole family of plants to which celery belongs, called Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (which I tend to call Umbrella Fae, which is wrong, but right in my head)....

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