What’s the Best Solar Food Dryer?

...works great. You do need to remember to bring in the food at night to prevent rehydration and spoilage (for some reason I often flake out and forget to bring in the food). For awhile I had an electric Excalibur Dehydrator on loan and it’s a lot more convenient. But, of course, it uses electricity and makes a lot of noise. Since I built my Appalachian Dryer Scanlin has decided that it’s not necessary to use insulation. This makes the project even s...

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Saturday Linkages: Basil Downy Mildew, Bees and Grow Lights

...s.html … Old fencing blades as tomato stakes: http://www.fencing.net/14758/uses-old-fencing-blades-tomato-stakes/ … Interesting new wind turbine design–it’s shaped like a nautilus: http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/silent-wind-turbines-could-generate-half-household-energy.html … A bacteria that helps produce stay fresh AND saves the bats AND saves the bees??? http://magazine.gsu.edu/article/future-food/ … Fascinating food history–the histo...

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008 Grind Your Own Flour With Erin Alderson

...and blogs at naturallyella.com. In our conversation Erin mentions that she uses WonderMill Grain Mill . We also discussed where to get unique grains. Erin mentions a few sources in her book: Bob’s Red Mill Arrowhead Mills Nuts Online Jovial Foods (source for Einkorn) Lundberg Family Farms I’ll add that if you’re in the Los Angeles area you can buy flour and grain at Grist & Toll in Pasadena. After my conversation with Erin I briefly mention my pur...

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013 Keeping Chickens with Terry Golson of Hencam.com

...you should have in your chicken first aid kit. Terry’s “spa treatment” she uses to deal with egg binding. Doing a chicken necropsy. Why Terry doesn’t keep roosters. Where to source chicks and pullets. When and how to euthanize a sick chicken. I mention free necropsies provided by the University of California Extension Service for California residents. What Terry thinks about those rooster rings that supposedly keep roosters from crowing (hint: she...

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038 The Ground Rules with Nance Klehm

...from restaurants and institutions in Chicago, composts that waste and then uses the resulting compost along with mushrooms and plants to bioremediate damaged urban soils. Nance describes The Ground Rules as “re-imagining waste and biological infrastructures.” You can find out more about the project on the Social Ecologies website and on Nance’s personal website. There’s also a video about The Ground Rules. If you’re in Chicago you can visit Nance...

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