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Los Angeles Interior Earthen Plaster Workshop

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Events
...ool overview and usage strength additive overview, preparation and mixing (wheat paste) earthen plaster finish coat mixing, application with hawk and trowel earthen plaster finish coat surface finishing techniques (sponge, hard metal trowel, plastic trowel) Instruction Type: This is a hands-on class. Attendees will have the opportunity to get dirty and use tools and equipment typical of earthen finishing. Due to the course format, enrollment will...

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A Tour of the Homegrown Evolution Compound

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Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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...ut we go to the supermarket just like everybody else–there’s no room for a wheat field after all, nor do we grow coffee or a host of other necessary staples. But, we seldom buy greens at the store, and almost never buy herbs or eggs–we’ve got that taken care of in the garden. In the summer we have lots of tomatoes, and right now we have a few avocados. When the fruit trees mature in a few years we’ll have fruit. We’re hippies. Don’t get us wrong,...

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Nopales Season

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Food, Foraging, Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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...p a pad (one pad per person). Boil for 10 minutes. Next, put 1/3 cup whole wheat flour, 2/3 cup cornmeal, 1 teaspoon chili powder, salt and pepper in a bag and shake with the boiled chopped nopales. Fry up in a pan and you’ve got a delicious side dish. One of the charms of the prickly pear cactus, in addition to the food it provides, is its ability to survive drought and fend off pests. Sadly, it’s not as indestructible as it seems. The cactus mot...

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How do I get started baking bread?

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Bread, Food
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...problem, that’s also in the book. Wan’t to graduate on to a style of whole wheat/sourdough breads pioneered by people like Baker and Miller? He’s got you covered. If that’s not enough, Baker also shares the excellent Cooks Illustrated Chocolate Chip cookie recipe as well as a recipe for moist scones (no, scones don’t have to be as dry as dog biscuits!). I’ve had the privilege of meeting Baker and hosting him for a bread class here in LA. He’s a su...

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