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Water on Your Land: Conserving, Directing, Collecting and Storing It

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February 27, 2012

Loren Luyendyk from Santa Barbara Organics talks about water. Topics: – How you can use swales to redirect water on your property and also to encourage water that might otherwise flow away, taking topsoil with it to sink into the soil. – Mulching to help retain water in the soil.…
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Sweet Potato Syrup – Homemade Sweetness

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February 27, 2012

METHOD ONE From George Washington Carver’s How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing them for the Table (He connected his process with starch making): “SWEET POTATO STARCH HOUSEHOLD METHOD This is very easily made, all that is necessary is to grate the potato, the finer…
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Saving Tools

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February 27, 2012

Skip Brack talks about his work salvaging tools from all over New England in order to support craftsmen (who can otherwise find it difficult to find certain handtools) and the local economy.
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food preservation, freezing, tomatoes, vegetables

Freezing Tomatoes Whole

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February 27, 2012

A great quick tip on what to do with your excess tomatoes from Heidi at lightlycrunchy by way of Survival Farm/Town and Country Gardening in Oklahoma. Tomato photo by Eat More Chips
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agriculture, chickens, eggs, farming, livestock, massachusetts, meat, new england

Keeping Chickens

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February 26, 2012

Tamar Haspel gives a really good walk through of the considerations to make in planning to keep chickens. Backyard Chickens, Internet Pilot Episode from Sky Sabin on Vimeo.
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aquaculture, livestock, meat, new england, shellfish, success story

East Dennis Oyster Farm

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February 26, 2012

A look at an oyster farm on Cape Cod (in East Dennis, Massachusetts). The farmers talk about their setup, setbacks and the benefits of oyster farming. East Dennis Oyster Farm from Sky Sabin on Vimeo.
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agriculture, farming, gardening, graywater, irrigation, urban farming, waste, water

Setting Up A Residential Greywater System

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February 26, 2012

Rethinking Water: Greywater Guerillas Workshop from RyanIsHungry on Vimeo.
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agriculture, clones, farming, horticulture info, micropropagation, plant propagation

Micropropagation At Home – Step by Step

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February 26, 2012

These should give you a better picture of the process – although the collection is incomplete.
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agriculture, clones, farming, gardening, horticulture info, micropropagation, plant propagation

Micropropagation or “Cloning” Plants at Home

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February 26, 2012

This is a completely new topic for me. I had no idea that it was possible to grow small plants from plant tissue samples and to do so at home. Question: Why would anyone do this? Answers via Wikipedia (I’ll list just 5 of the possible reasons): – To “copy”…
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biking, new york, repair, save money, transportation

Tune Up Your Bicycle

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February 26, 2012

New York bike mechanic, Susan Lindell shows us how to do a basic bike tune-up. Tune Up Your Bicycle For Spring from Etsy on Vimeo.
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