tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56341649792443169802024-03-06T12:02:20.878-08:00HomoMadeGays Getting by in the CityJoolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-68932571263446866622011-04-17T23:10:00.000-07:002011-04-17T23:16:23.907-07:00These feathered breathstoday i feel is day to reckon, a settling of accounts. one tiny such account was not expected to but has been totaled and settled and put to rest.<br />
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i returned from a glorious day at the Marin headlands filled with the splendid drama of wind, cold, and an ocean fury to my own little Mission refuge. I traced my usual path from side gate to backstairs to Victorian flat door with customary cooing and shooing of my feathered lady friends who like to wreak a bit of chicken havoc in my backyard. Fancy and Chubs waddled furiously in my direction, eager for treats? or something to simply break the monotony? Goldie wasn't among the marauders but sometimes she lays late so i kept on my path into the house. I will spare you the details, but let us just say that i was greated by a great fecal explosion of the canine variety as i walked through the door. continuing to spare to you details, i ended up outside hosing down various materials and rugs when i suspiciously noticed a continued lack of Goldie presence. Something to note is that Goldie is never demure or unnoticeable. As a rather larger and tall golden Americauna, she has a glorious beard and an attitude to match her size. She is cantankerous, feisty and LOUD. So, the relative quiet in the backyard was eerie. I postponed my clean up measures to make some inquiries into Goldies whereabouts. Not in the hen house for an early bedtime, not hiding out amongst the garden pots, tools and backyard ephemera of Under the Porch, not even munching on the irresistible new arugula sprouts. i did not even have time to fear the worst when i noticed a poof of little golden feathers near the garden beds. damn. my hope was that she was messed with but got away. it could happen. right? right?? unfortunately, more feather poofs formed a trail to a little covered hideout in the furthest back corner of the yard. This area is almost impossible to get to unless you are a smaller animal type thing - its marshaled off by some gnarly metal trellises and ticketed with blackberry bramble. Now anticipating the worst, i crouched to see what i could in that corner and made out what looked like a avian shape. Getting closer i confirmed that i was Goldie - what was left of her.<br />
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As many folks do when they encounter any shock or crisis, i went into DO mode. I knew i had to get her out of there. So i hacked my way to the area and somehow wiggled and wriggled and shifted my way close enough to grab her foot and drag her out of there. I quickly set about figuring what to do with her remains. Keep the wings. Bury the rest. With this firm plan i laid her down and went off to get the necessary tools. as soon as i laid her down, her death overcame me and i cried. Much harder than i expected for a chicken i had befriended two years ago who was arguably the most difficult one in the little flock. Cried for failure, for failing to protect her. Cried for loss, her life, her sisters extra body warmth in the hen house, my eggs, my friend. Cried because i had just been talking about her and her cranky ways to a new friend early that day.<br />
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I know that i am not a farmer. i have to pretense that this i what i am doing at 2621 Bryant st in the Mission, SF. Yet, somewhere i assumed an idea that my chickens, while not being livestock, were not entirely pets or members of the family. I even entertained the notion that perhaps when their time came - naturally, not from disease - that i would be able to eat them. I guess i was wrong. They are family - not the brightest bulbs in the barn, dirty, noisy, not particularly affectionate family members.<br />
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Goldie, Fussy Pants - you were a good chicken, an unexpected friend and i will miss you. I send your little avian spirit off with new wings, ones that can take you skyward.<br />
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"And when the sky drops all those feathers<br />
And when the birds sing in the morning<br />
I'll be a mama<br />
I'll have a daughter<br />
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And I'll give her melodies<br />
I'll give her melodies"<br />
Alela Diane <br />
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But... we are back for the spring and summer fun times!<br />
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This year we will be kicking off our HomoMade Bike Tours with another DirtStar collaboration as part of the National Queer Arts Festival.<br />
Sunday, June 19th, we will be touring some amazing queer dirt projects - farms, container gardens, animal husbandry, kitchen witchery and rounding our tour out at DirtStar home the Luggage Store and its Tenderloin National Forest.<br />
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<u><b>I need your help! </b></u> Please consider if you can help with any of the following in order to make this another fabulous DirtStar and HomoMade Tour:<br />
* <u><b>I need spaces for the tour!!!</b></u> Do you garden, farm, make fermented things, belong to a community garden or city-steading project, have chickens, rabbits, goats, bees??? Do you live in a space without any dirt but want to host a mini workshop on container gardening or making tinctures or sauerkraut?? I need at least two - three other spaces to host tours to show off their fabulous projects. Since its a bike project they should be within reasonable distance from the Tenderloin. Please let me know ASAP!<br />
* Are you savvy at computers and making online maps? Phew! cuz i sure am not.<br />
* Donate your culinary skills to providing homomade snacks for the tour.<br />
******Traffic wranglers and bike mechanics to be on hand at tour!!! Such an important job!! I will need at least two ppl to help but more is better<br />
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Thanks and please spread the word!Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-81244170530133002582010-07-13T19:24:00.000-07:002010-07-18T10:22:16.418-07:00East Oakland HH Tour<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunday, August 1st</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Noon to 3pm</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="mailto:gurlshare@gmail.com">RSVP!</a></b><a href="mailto:gurlshare@gmail.com"> </a></span>And we will send you the addresses of the locations.<br />
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Come and check out what the homos are doing in our own back yards. The East Oakland Tour will highlight queers collectively and community organizing for social and environmental justice as well as a pretty great look at what a couple of gays can do at their homes in very little time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Meeting at Noon SHARP! @ </b><a href="http://oaklandsol.org/"><b></b></a><b><a href="http://www.foundfruit.com/">Elephant House</a></b></span><br />
A whimsical spot where we will nibble on fermented goodies, while being shocked and inspired by what queers can do with an Oakland back yard in only one year's time. Newer to the Bay Areas, the Elephant House has been putting in raised beds, rain barrels, chickens, bees, upside down planters, and more at their house. We may be helping them start an herb spiral as well!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then on to <a href="http://oaklandsol.org/">SOL</a> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>@ 1:30pm</b></span><br />
Sustaining Ourselves Locally is a collective that is transforming an urban space into a center for sustainable living. Sol continues to revitalize their site, formerly a vacant lot, by cleaning out garbage, nourishing the soils, and planting fruit trees and vegetables, reroute their water into garden greywater treatment, and to design on-site environmental education programs. By growing organic food, conserving and recycling resources, and organizing community events and workshops, they are exploring ways to make the city more healthy and liveable for all its inhabitants.Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-86552005357951886042010-06-21T16:52:00.000-07:002010-06-21T16:52:47.780-07:00Check out some photos of gay goats!The last two Homo Homestead tours have been amazing!<br />
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Thanks so much for all who came to the Berkeley tour on March 23rd. Check out these <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shmeedie/sets/72157624045730841/">photos</a> that Edie Irons took of the day. <a href="http://www.queerfarmer.blogspot.com/">Jonah</a> of the Fairview House, Jim of Green Faerie and Tanya of the Coop were excellent hosts and i can thank them enough.<br />
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I don't have any personal photos of the DirtStar HomoHomstead tour but check out the <a href="http://thefreefarm.org/">Free Farm</a> blog for some photos of their work. It was a great afternoon spent mainly at the Free Farm with a little bit of helping out and harvesting.<br />
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Looking forward to the next one - East Oakland, Sunday August 1st!Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-11572358754623814622010-06-01T19:56:00.001-07:002010-06-07T20:24:23.658-07:00Homo Homestead and Dirt Star - San Francisco Dirty QueersCelebrate dirty queer resistance!<br />
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<b>June 13th, <a href="http://www.homohomestead.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HomoHomestead</a> Tour 3:30 - 6pm, San Francisco</b> FREE!<br />
<b>Meet up at the <a href="http://www.thefreefarm.org/" target="_blank">Free Farm</a> at the corner of Eddy and Gough in SF</b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest10/Dirtstar.html" target="_blank"><span>Dirt</span> <span>Star</span> </a>- 6pm: African American Cultural Complex: 762 Fulton, SF </b>- tix $12-20<br />
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RSVP to <a href="mailto:gurlshare@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurlshare@gmail.com</a> for bike tour- space will be limited<br />
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Western Addition, The Fillmore, Hayes Valley...<br />
The names and borders of this area are ever changing and ever impacted by the whims of the wealthy and powerful in San Francisco. But it's rich history and robust resistance to marginalization and complete gentrification is alive and thriving. We will check out how some local queers are continuing those roots of resistance through their community <span>DIRT</span> PROJECTS! From Free Farms to Community Gardens - we will catch a glimpse of queers in dirty revolutionary action.<br />
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Come check out the new Free Farm! We will be getting out hands dirty by helping the Free Farm with some of their projects.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span>The Free Farm is an urban farm on the corner of Gough and Eddy Streets in San Francisco, CA. Their goal is to grow organic produce, foster garden education, and build community. The food grown is offered to the community for free in an effort to combat hunger, aid health and nutrition, and increase resource sharing and care for one another.</span></span> It is also connected to the <a href="http://freefarmstand.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Free Farm Stand</a> at Parque de los Ninos.Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-14855188023703441162010-05-13T13:06:00.000-07:002010-05-21T20:05:35.408-07:00Homo Homestead Berkeley Bike Tour - May 23rd!<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/boqsZKkikpXEYOoaQHH_FQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d8LfYvUY_qg/S_SeZZ4EBoI/AAAAAAAAGPE/kLyRT2OyInA/s144/Urban%20Bike%20Tour%20Map.jpg" /></a><br />
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Sunday, May 23rd: Noon - 5pm <br />
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<b>Tour is FULL! Thanks for all the love</b> - check out the <a href="http://http://www.blogger.com/page-edit.g?blogID=5634164979244316980&pageID=6533187327824749268">next HH tour in SF</a><br />
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Come join us on the first East Bay HH Tour!<br />
Ahhh, the land seems to spread a little greener and wider in the East Bay - which just means even more opportunities for creative, fantastic and fabulous Queer DIY gardens, green projects, urban husbandry, witchy kitchens, bubbling ferments and much more.<br />
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We are giving out the address' and locations of tour spots so that anyone who falls behind, can't make the whole tour, or would rather not bike to the spots can join in at any time. Of course, posting these locations is NOT an invitation to stop by these homes anytime outside of this tour. ***Please check each location's description for its wheelchair accessibility. <b style="color: magenta;"> <span style="color: blue;">Remember to bring a helmet, lock, sunblock, water, water, water, snacks and anything else you may need.</span></b><br />
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<div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Noon SHARP!!</b></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fairview House: 1820 Fairview St @ MLK - near Ashby BART</b></span></div>This cooperative style home has been around for awhile and their amazing backyard gardens have been through many changes. Come check out their upcycled, scrap wood and metal chicken coop, their spiral garden and more amazingness. ** No stairs to garden, patio is mostly concrete, garden paths are grassy or wood chipped.<br />
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<div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1:30pm: Green Faerie Farm, 1120 Bancroft Way near San Pablo</b></span></div>This gem has been around for 15 years! Tucked away in West Berkeley are milking goats, chickens, gardens, rabbits, an urban dairy and more. The goats gave birth a little while ago so some check out the cute little kids! *** Wheelchairs can make it all the way back to the goat pen!<br />
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<div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3:00pm: Tanya's House, 2012 10th St, btwn University&Allston</b></span></div>Another innovative collective style home. We will get to sip some home brewed cherry wine and sample this year's olives in their curing process, while taking a tour of the rainwater catchment daisy chain system and the rain garden orchard. **The ground is all flat, some of the paths are over grown and there are a couple of stairs into the house, that is not wheelchair accessible.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please <a href="mailto:gurlshare@gmail.com">RSVP</a>!! Space is limited!! </b></span>Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-51738559046618531912009-10-30T09:56:00.000-07:002009-10-30T09:56:00.766-07:00Hot Homos on the "Prairie"The kick-off tour of Homo Homestead was amazing! Thanks to all the new and familiar faces that helped make it such a great event. I'm including a little recap for folks to get a sense of what they missed.<br />
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</div>We started off the sunny day at Dearborn Community Garden, where community gardener <a href="http://www.billbasquin.com/">Bill Basquin</a> was our charming tourguide. He gave a seriously smartie-pants breakdown of seed saving plus a tutorial on how to homebrew ale (plus we tried his homebrew honey mead). We got to tour his beautiful plot which i like to say is, forest gardened. Meaning, it appears very wild and uncultivated but there is acutally a lot of cultivation and tending going on. A very pleasant way to start the day - gays, wine, sun and gardens!<br />
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The out little crew biked or walked on over to my house on the other side of the Mission. Here most of us were a little HOT from the sweltering sun and were happy to lounge in my big ol' backyard being entertained by the chickens. I showed folks my large container garden that i was in the process of winterizing. Though it mixes medicinal herbs and flowers, the garden is mostly food based. I had folks do some cover cropping for the winter of rye, clover and fava and plant some fall peas for eatin'.<br />
This was our food stop as well and Rose of <a href="http://www.apothocurious.com/">Apothocurious</a> was there to fill our bellies. She had a million pounds of grapes, two different hummus' - sweet and savory, a grain salad, cranberry pesto and a delicious fruity beverage. Yumms.<br />
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We took off and made a quick stop to deliver all the produce from my garden that ppl harvested for the <a href="http://www.freefarmstand.org/">Free Farm Stand</a> run by local garden legend, Tree. He was a sweet host who LOVED our tour and kept telling everyone, "this is the Homo Homestead Tour" to mostly kinda blank looks:) We got a private tour of the community garden at Parque Ninos Unidos and i took home a ground cherry to plant.<br />
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A short jaunt down the street to the Pink House rounded out the tour. Our guides Ami and Amar (of <a href="http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest09/DirtStar.html">Dirt Star</a>, treated us to chilled teas and a leisurly tour of their gorgeous back yard paradise. I was at their original garden party five years ago when the back yard was just a waste land and so its really special to see ho far its come. They have spent most of this time building the soil and collecting an amazing array of native plants that make me green with envy. They have a fair amount of food cultivation going and seed saving and shared both with the tour. They are working on figuring out some less-intensive, simple grey water methods for watering and we all brainstormed a bit.<br />
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All in all, a marvelous day! Thanks to all the Homesteaders who helped make this a great start to a great idea. Stay tuned for the first East Bay Homo Homestead Tour!Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-29374641313359651802009-10-14T08:56:00.000-07:002009-10-21T10:36:56.246-07:00First Bay Area Homo Homestead Tour! Sunday, Oct. 25thCome out to see what SF gaywads are doing with their homes, their kitchens, their lives to make them a little more connected to the dirt under the concrete. We will visit three fantastic spaces and the Free Farm Stand. There will be things to sip, things to do, and things to see at each site - We will have a bike mechanic between stops but please bring yr own patch kits if possible, and definitely bring yr HELMETS and yr LOCKS. <span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Sunday, the 25th - rain or shine - its supposed to be sunny on Sunday!</b></u></span> <b>Please check each location for its accessibility information.</b><br />
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Plus, it will be semi-catered by <a href="http://www.apothocurious.blogspot.com/">Apothocurious</a>- Community Supported Culinary Adventures. So please bring a small donation for the grub.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunday, Oct. 25th kicking off promptly at 11am and touring throughout the day until around 4pm.</b></span> We should be at each space for about and hour and are giving ourselves a generous half-hour to bike between locations. <b></b><br />
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<b>11am</b>: Meet at <b>Dearborn Community Garden</b> where gardener, artiste, and creator of kitchen witchery, <a href="http://www.billbasquin.com/">Bill Basquin</a> will give a tour of his beloved community garden and perhaps some samples of some bevvies he's concocted. Don't be late! Accessiblity info: No stairs, all the paths in the garden are mulched with woodchips.<b>***On Dearborn at 18th Street (very close to the Women's Bldg - go up the hill on Dearborn from 18th)</b><br />
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<b>12:30pm:</b> We arrive at <b>24th and Bryant</b> to check out the winterized garden and feisty chickens of Joolie Geldner. We will be chicken chatting, harvesting the last summer foods, and making wildflower seedballs for everyone to take home and toss somewhere to wait for spring.<br />
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We will also be taking a mini-lunch break here with Rose Johnson of <a href="http://www.apothocurious.blogspot.com/">Apothocurious </a>showing off her delicious delectables. Please bring a little donation to help pay for supplies. <b>Accessibility information:</b> Cement ramp/path to backyard. Very small cement patio area but most of the space is grass and dirt. No stairs.<br />
<b>*** 2621 Bryant St. @ 24th St - Yellow Victorian- go to side gate</b><br />
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<b>2pm: </b> We will drop by the <b>Free Farm Stand</b> - www.freefarmstand.org - at Parque Ninos Unidos (Corner of 23rd and Treat) to drop off anything we've collected from the gardens and perhaps pick up a local apple or two. This is not a specifically homosexually organized venture but a lot of gays are involved in the Farm Stand.<br />
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<b>2:30ish pm:</b> After scooting down the block, we will meet up with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Dirtstar-Twothousandnine/1664244335">Dirt Star</a> co-founder, <b>Ami Puri of the Pink House </b>at 23rd and Bryant. Here we will check out their very majical Secret Garden, have some tea for folks, a demo of laborious greywater techniques, and an opportunity for people use some seed paper from the garden. <b>Accessibilty info:</b> One flight of stairs into the house and two flights of stairs into the garden. Small concrete patio area, mostly mulched paths in garden.<br />
<b>*** Southwest Corner of Bryant @ 23rd</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Please RSVP in the comments so we know how many ppl to expect.</b></span>Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-4214901839285714432009-09-19T09:29:00.000-07:002009-09-19T10:07:55.124-07:00Burn Baby Burn: Fire Cider for HealthFire cider...what is is and what is is good for?<br /><br />Well, essentially its the yummiest, easiest way to get yr immune tonics and modulators in yr system any time of the year but especially in the winter months. Why would i want to "modulate" or "tone" my immune system, you may ask: these specific actions of herbs and foods are what actually keep you from getting sick, worn down and help you maintain a healthier you all around. Generally, they do not strongly stimulate the immune system (though some do to varying degrees) or act as intense anti-microbials which kill bacteria and viruses. Though stronger herbal antibiotics (like the Berberines, such as Golden Seal) may be called for in times of illness, they are not the choice for preventing illness and maintaining health. Your immune system wants to be nurtured, if you will, and nourished so it can do the job it was intended to do: keep you well!<br /><br />The foods/herbs in a basic Fire Cider elixir recipe are great for the nurture and the nourishing! Fire Cider is very warming, can generate circulation, and get your pores open for you to sweat. Plus it is safe to be taken everyday. Everyone tweaks their own Cider recipe to their taste and body and its fun to add different roots or what not and see how its turns out.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's a basic recipe to start with: </span> (makes about two quarts)<br />*Note: Everyything in this recipe should be finely chopped or grated and the finer you chop or grate the ingredients the stronger the medicine - but, i'm pretty lazy and don't like to grate too much and mine turn out fabulous.<br /><br />One medium to large onion<br />6 Cloves Garlic<br />1 Cup Chopped or 1/2 C Grated Ginger<br />1 Cup Choped or 1/2 Cup Grated Horseradish (Warning: this will really go to yr head when yr grating and give you that Wasabi burn/high)<br />One Lemon - Zested<br />3-6 Medium Chilis (i use Jalapenos from my garden)<br />1-1 1/2 Quarts Apple Cider Vinegar<br /><br />Mix all the stuff together and fill two quart jars or a half-gallon jar. Pour in the Apple Cider Vinegar, making sure to cover all the food. Put a piece of wax or parchment paper on the top (prevents the vinegar from corroding the metal lids) and screw on the lid and store out of direct sunlight. Most ppl let it sit for one to two months before straining. I recommend, if you have some dirt you can dig into, to bury the jars (i would just bury it up to the lid so you remember where it is!). This really mellows the elixir and makes it quite palatable.<br /><br />***Optional: Try adding some shredded burdock root or if you have fresh dandelion root for their liver cleansing properties - dandelion is pretty strong tasting though.<br /><br />Uses: As a daily tonic - from a few droppers full to a shot to get you started.<br /> Mixed with some honey for a cough<br /> My favorite is as a condiment. Use it as you would use any vinegar: salad, soup, eggs, etc.<br /> ***if you add some nettles, alphalfa, rosemary, and raspberry leaf you will<br /> also have a great way to get yr minerals.<br /><br />Check out this site for more Fire Cider informaition!Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634164979244316980.post-47155728617536253592009-09-17T11:26:00.000-07:002009-09-19T09:28:26.092-07:00Homo Homesteading Tour - Oct. 25thHello lovelies!<br /><br />As i sit and draw out my winter garden, i notice that my three little lady friends are swooping and jumping and generally performing daring feats of chicken madness. i also notice that my fig tree will just not ripen, the huge apples from my neighbors yard are conveniently dropping on my side of the fence, and that i have enough zucchini to make vats of relish to can for a year! <b> i guess i notice that things can be and are good in the City.</b> i'm noticing more and more as each year goes by that San Francisco is my home, that this is the place i want to make "my piece of land," my dream. i know many of us have had or do have visions of "some communal land with our friends" on which to do any assortment of things: art, farming, healing, educating, experimenting, living. This is a complex vision of course and for many of us just may not happen. However, we are all living here, in this Gay Bay NOW and some of us intend to stay around for while - so, what are we doing to make this area our "piece of land," how are we "getting back to the land" without leaving the city.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>THIS is the focus of the Homo Homestead Tour that i am organizing for this Fall</b></span> (and hopefully more). <code><span class="fullpost"></span></code> <span class="fullpost"> On the heels of the successful Queer Garden Bike Tour that DirtStar organized earlier in the summer, i am now wondering what are we fabulous queers doing in our lives, our homes, our kitchens, our gardens that make us feel more connected to eachother, to the dirt that is there, to our food...<br /><br /><b>I would like to showcase Gay(ass) Gardens and Witchy Kitchens on this Fall tour with an emphasis on getting our lives ready for Winter in the Bay Area</b>. This could look like planning a winter garden, explaining how yr grey water system works, showing off the stockpile of perserves, ferments, and krauts you are setting up for the winter, teaching about winter herbs to be taking... <b>This initial Tour will be three to four spaces in San Francisco (NEXT one is the East Bay), which will be toured by bicycle - but there will be driving/PT directions and times for those who wish not to bike</b>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><b>The tour will be Sunday Oct. 25th<br />and kind of an all day affair (times TBA)<br /><br /><br /><br /></b></u></span></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-size:6px;"><br /></span></span>Joolayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235262049108175531noreply@blogger.com0