Organic Seed Growers Webinar

...days from 12-8 Eastern Time, 11-7 Central, 10-6 Mountain, and 9-5 Pacific Time. Register for the live broadcast of selected presentations at http://www.extension.org/pages/70186 Note: You only need to register once, and you may come and go on both days as you wish! Schedule of Organic Seed Growers’ Conference Webinar Broadcasts Friday January 31, 2014 9:00-10:30AM: Why Organic Seed Matters and How to Meet the Demand Organic seed that meets the di...

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Getting started with worms

...trait, but if you don’t like seeing the other bugs, you’ll have an easier time with an indoor bin. And it’s worth repeating that a well-maintained worm bin is odorless, whether it is kept indoors or outdoors. Bin size: In the classic book, Worms Eat My Garbage, Mary Applehoff has a basic formula for worm bin sizing– you need 1 square foot of surface space for each pound of scraps you anticipate producing per week (1/10 square meter per half kg.)...

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Mr. Grumpy Needs a Home

...vironment, maybe a single person or a childless couple, who spend a lot of time at home and want a best friend like Grumpy. He could be in a multi cat household as long as it wasn’t more than a couple cats. He would be an excellent companion. He is very loyal, loving and snuggly. Grumpy was neutered at FixNation, received shots, flea treatment. will be given dewormer treatment, and he tested negative for FelV/FIV1. One notable characteristic is hi...

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Greywater Guerrillas in LA this Weekend

...ge from the Water Grid: With Greywater, Rainwater, and Composting Toilets. Time: 7:30- 9:00 Location: LA Ecovillage 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles, 90004 Cost: $10 (no one turned away) For more info contact Lois at the LA Ecovillage 213/738-1254 (www.laecovillage.org) How to Disengage from the Water Grid- with Rainwater, Greywater, and Composting Toilets. We will connect the water in our lives to local and global water struggles, look at rainwater...

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Mistakes we have made . . .

...commended by the seller or buyer’s agent. Our inspector spent a very short time in our house and ignored large problems, in my opinion, because it was in his favor for the house to sell so that he could continue his relationship with our agent. It’s an inherent conflict of interest for the inspector to have a connection to either real estate agent. 6. Planting a lawn We weren’t always the Molotov cocktail tossing vegetable growing radicals that we...

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