Adobe in Action Interior and Exterior Plastering Online Course Begins on Monday, Sept. 1st

August 26, 2014

...ques sifting & preparing & mixing soil and aggregates for earthen plasters wheat paste production for strengthening mud plasters casein production for lime paints natural exterior earthen plaster stabilization techniques (lime, cactus juice) hand application techniques of earthen plasters (base coats, patching) hawk & trowel application of earthen and lime plasters (leveling and finish coats) basic earthen plaster ingredients and recipes basic lim...

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Pizza Dough in a Pan Recipe

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2014

Food

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...re, go with a high gluten bread flour. You can add a small amount of whole wheat flour but I would not exceed 10%. Pizza is not a health food. It’s a special occasion food and I think it tastes better with white flour. A note on sourdough starter This recipe requires sourdough starter. If you’d like to make one, check out our how-to video. Tools Digital scale (always use a scale!) 11-inch cast iron skillet or other oven proof skillet Thermometer P...

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Pee on your Compost

Mr. Homegrown

January 24, 2007

Composting

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...n and it’s estimated that we all produce enough urine to fertilize all the wheat and corn that we as individuals consume. And urine is sterile and safe unless you’ve got a bladder infection. Urine should be diluted before applying directly to plants since salts in your pee can build up in the soil. Dilution should be at least 10 parts water to one part urine. Peeing directly on plants can burn them as anyone who owns a dog already knows about. Uri...

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The Austrian Scythe is the New Weed Whacker

Mr. Homegrown

July 30, 2009

Tools

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...it’s crucial that your scythe fit your height. Scythe use is intellectual for me since years worth of mulching, a dry climate and a very small yard means that I don’t have any stands of weeds to knock down or wheat to harvest. But, if I had a large yard and grass to deal with, I’d dump the weed whacker in a heartbeat. For more info see Scythe Supply’s Scythe faq Drawing from www.thescytheshop.co.uk....

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The KoMo FlicFloc

Mr. Homegrown

December 18, 2014

Food

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...field theory. And it’s all thanks to an impulse purchase at an awesome new homesteading supply shop in our neighborhood, The King’s Roost. My credit card discharged from my pocket like ectoplasm at a 19th century seance when I spotted the KoMo FlicFloc. The FlicFloc manually flakes oats, wheat, rye, barley, millet, spelt, rice, sesame, flax seed, poppy and spices. The breakfast possibility it opened to me? Fresh muesli is thy name. Finally a filli...

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