An Early Resolution

December 8, 2014

...ter, “Well, at least they’re paper.” Denial is a beautiful thing! But it’s time to face facts. They’re just as bad as the bottles. Thus the resolution: no more disposable cups personally, and I also vow to help groups/organizations I belong to wean themselves from disposables, even if that means me doing a lot of dishes in random bathroom sinks. Oh yes, I’m going to be that person. One hopeful note: in researching I discovered that use of personal...

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The Theme of a Great Garden

Mr. Homegrown

March 21, 2014

Garden Design, Gardening

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...nd the use of California native plants. The garden feels as if exists in a time before humans. It got me wondering how thematics would play out in a more modest home landscape. Perhaps, when it comes time to design a garden it would be useful to toss around a few abstract words and ideas to help unify the design vocabulary of the garden. Picking a theme or several related themes could make it easier when it comes to making plant and hardscpaping c...

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The Wonder of Worms

Mrs. Homegrown

May 21, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Vermiculture

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...o start your own worm bin: If you don’t have a worm bin, spring is a great time to start one! My stance is that anyone can keep a bin. If you eat, you can keep a bin. They don’t have to cost much. They fit anywhere. You could keep one in a dorm room or a studio apartment. You can keep one under the kitchen sink. Basically, if you have some place you could put a cat box, you can keep worms. That said, worm bins are considerably less stinky than cat...

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Supper for a buck?

Mrs. Homegrown

February 25, 2013

Bean Fest, Food

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...the investment in the Dutch oven we use to bake the bread, amortized over time? This way lies madness. [Note: I have gone a little mad so I just figured out that there are 636 1/4 teaspoon measures in 1 pound of active dried yeast. 636 theoretical loaves. Problem is I don’t know how exactly much we pay per pound of yeast. We buy it in vacuum-packed 1 lb bags for about 4 or 5 dollars, I think. In any case, yeast costs are less than a penny a loaf....

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Los Angeles: Swag Town USA

Mr. Homegrown

August 10, 2006

Bikes, Thoughtstylings

...beat on the bottom of the UFO. Even then, the doves left slowly, one at a time, for what seemed like a half hour while all the cynical types in attendance stood around trying not to laugh. Similarly today’s Bike Town USA event ended not with a bang but with a whimper – the thirty or so contest winners who bothered to attend shuffled off to load their bikes into their SUVs and drove home where, we suspect, many of the bikes will just sit in the ga...

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