Siphon Your Bathwater

December 8, 2006

...rden. As long as your bathtub is higher than the part of your garden being watered, you will have created a siphon and the water will drain out of the tub. Now if this sounds like a pain in the ass, or if you have no accomplices there is (or perhaps was as the website does not seem to be working) a siphon device on the market for just this purpose. Called the “Ban Beater” this siphon pump was being sold in the UK as a result of the draught that st...

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Sourdough Recipe #1 The Not Very Whole Wheat Loaf

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2007

Bread, Food, Recipes

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...xt five minutes open the door of the oven 2 or 3 more times and spray some water in. We’ve also just tossed water in with a glass if we don’t have a sprayer on hand. 11. After five minutes continue to bake for another 20 minutes, but don’t open the oven door. 12. After 20 minutes open the oven and rotate the loaf. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes for a total of 40 to 45 minutes until the crust turns a dark brown. 13. Remove the loaf from the oven...

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How to Make Amazake

Mr. Homegrown

September 9, 2007

Fermentation, Food, Recipes

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...complished the incubation by placing the jar in a small cooler filled with water heated to 140º. Every few hours we checked the temperature and added a little more hot water as needed. 5. After 10 hours check for sweetness. If it’s not sweet enough continue the incubation process for a few more hours. 6. Once you’ve reached the desired level of sweetness you must stop the fermentation process by boiling the mixture, otherwise you’re heading down t...

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Mead!

Mr. Homegrown

January 24, 2008

Fermentation, Food

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...ith Idophor sanitizer: 1. Boil 1/5th of a gallon of water (we used bottled water since our tap water is a bit on the heavy side). 2. Add one teaspoon of Fermax (this is a yeast nutrient available at home brew shops). 3. Take the water off the heat and add 3 pounds of honey (we used orange blossom honey) to make what is called the “must”. 4. Add 3/5ths of a gallon of refrigerated water to cool the must. 5. Pitch in the yeast once the must has coole...

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Greywater Guerrillas in LA this Weekend

Mr. Homegrown

July 15, 2008

Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...ay July 20th: Presentation: How to Disengage 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...

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