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Saturday Linkages: Soon Therell Be Thunder Mr. Homegrown November 7, 2021 Saturday Linkages 5 Comments

Our late dog Spike on the Bonneville Salt Flats October 2001.

The hidden climate costs of America’s free parking spaces

Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Hastens Beacons For Bicyclists And Pedestrians Enabling Detection By Connected Cars [editors note: Im not happy about this idea]

The Real Reason Facebook Changed Its Name

‘Wondrous and amazing’: female California condors can reproduce without males

Edith Wharton’s Hauntology

Want to build some brick projects for your garden? This is a great YouTube channel on brick laying

Music break: some trippy music from 1969

Saturday Linkages: Pumpkin Spice Hot Takes Mr. Homegrown October 31, 2021 Saturday Linkages 4 Comments

Leaf blower ban?

How to tell time in the dark

Panic fried black beans

An architecture critic explains how the farmhouse aesthetic took over

Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm

What Zuckerbergs metaverse means to our humanity

The amazing prophecy of Niagara Falls artist Isaiah Robertson

I Made a Little Library Mr. Homegrown October 28, 2021 Design 6 Comments

My friends John and Lee live in the historic 1937 Ortiz Taylor House and commissioned me to build a little library to go out front. They wanted one that looked like the architects drawing for a never built garage, so I did the best I could do to make the little library look like a southwestern adobe.

A neighbor gifted me a nice new piece of 3/4 plywood and most of the rest of the components came from scrap wood I had laying around. The universe kinda came together to make this project happen. I used simple rabbet joints done on the tablesaw to create the plywood box. For the doors I used mortise and tenon joints. I picked up some piece of metal flashing material to cobble together a roof.

I sketched out the plans at a cafe while Kelly was at an appointment and did the final plan in Sketchup to make sure that I didnt make a stupid mistake cutting the plywood. As a woodshop teacher once said to a class I was taking, Always have a plan.

If youre going to put up one of these things Id suggest a solid base set in concrete as books can get heavy.

Little libraries are one of the best things to come out of the city repair movement. I really enjoy the ones in our neighborhood and I do a kind of circuit of them on my dog walks. Even if I dont leave or take something its always fun to see what shows up.

Weekend Linkages: Historic Rain Mr. Homegrown October 24, 2021 Saturday Linkages RLeave a comment

The truth about Californias annual termite swarms

Cant confirm this but some people might be eating monkey chow

Man Obsessed With 90s Lives In Time Capsule And Uses Outdated Technology

Way beyond my abilities but this lip syncing project made me laugh

How to Build a Low-tech Solar Panel

Friend of the blog Jenn Berger has an art show up

I saw a good cat this weekend

Stay safe California friends

Master Tinkerer Ray Narkevicius Mr. Homegrown October 20, 2021 Composting, Food, Fruit Trees, Permaculture 3 Comments

While Im sitting on my ass writing this brief blog post, my neighbor Ramutis Ray Narkevicius is building something, tending his poultry, making compost, growing hops on the rooftop of a brewery, scavenging materials, grafting a fruit tree or wiring the inside of a Fed Ex cargo jet.

Over the years Ray has turned his yard into a elaborate nutrient loop. Spent grains that he gets from the brewery feed the poultry. Poultry manure nourish fruit trees and the duck water waste hosts crayfish. All the water gets pumped around to a series of raised beds that grow herbs, dragon fruit and strawberries. His small yard overflows with the most delicious citrus youve ever had. And hes a generous and kind neighbor who is always willing to lend a helping hand.

Thankfully, the folks at Fair Companies, including friend of the blog Johnny, of Granola Shotgun, made a video about Ray. One of the cool things about this video is that the footage spans seven years so you get to see how much Ray has done in just that short amount of time. One little takeaway you see in this video is how well citrus does with the liberal application of compost. The other takeaway? Its time to put this laptop down, head outside, and get to work.

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