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| Customized leaf blower by artist Rubén Ortiz-Torres |
Those damn leaf blowers! It’s Not About the Noise: Pollen, Mold, Feces and Lung-Lodging Particulates: http://arlingtonleafblowers.blogspot.com/2012/06/pollen-mold-feces-and-lung-lodging.html?spref=tw …
Why Are American Kids So Spoiled? : The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert?mbid=social_retweet …
Man builds 50 Foot Wooden Tower to reach vegetable garden: http://dornob.com/50-foot-wooden-tower-is-a-brilliant-diy-backyard-solution/ …
Another sign of the artisinal apocalypse: NYC water cafe sells fancily filtered local water http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/nyc-water-cafe-sells-fancily-f.html …
Hacked Ikea Leaning Chair: http://dornob.com/hacked-ikea-leaning-chair-design-imitates-life-art-cartoons/ …
Authors@Google: John Jeavons: http://youtu.be/afHd9EhsJ1U
Stop the War on Front Yard Vegetable Gardens – Arrêtez la Guerre contre les Potagers sur les Cours Avant http://www.causes.com/causes/11991-plant-healthy-gardens-feed-a-hungry-world/actions/1667714 …
Chicken proofing your vegetable garden: Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/07/chickens-vs-vegetable-beds-round-two.html …
Color in the (House and) Garden | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/07/color-in-the-house-and-garden.html …
Desperately Seeking Shade: How South L.A. Bus Riders Weather the Elements http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/07/12/desperately-seeking-shade-how-south-l-a-bus-riders-weather-the-elements/#.UATeyLR4nH4.twitter …
Color Palettes Inspired by Cats from Design Seeds – http://www.moderncat.net/2012/07/15/color-palettes-inspired-by-cats-from-design-seeds/ …
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My low brow chicken proofing. I call it the magic chicken forcefield:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/545288_131459693656506_1416945716_n.jpg
Ha! Love the before and after shots!
I use some of the same for chicken proofing. Also, I use shelves from ranges to lean against the house to protect plant and flower beds where hens want to convert the beds to dust bath spas. It is tacky looking until the foilage grows through. But, it works.
Hours were spent on all these links. Thanks.
Some stunning info about leaf blowers, may be time to try out a lawn sweeper.
I understand the leafblower issue is not only about noise… but it’s also not only about the environment and health of residents either. In LA at least, many of the people who use leafblowers rely on the time-saving efficiency of leafblowers to make a living–they work many residences a day in order to have the job make economic sense. The leafblower is one of the machines that makes this schedule possible. If we are concerned about noise (yes, many of the complaints are about noise…) and the health effects of the blowers, then we should also be concerned about paying a fair wage to gardeners and landscapers who do hard work for low pay. Would people who employ gardeners be willing to pay for the extra time required to forgo the blower? Or are the critics of leafblowers forgetting about the people who use them?
ROMO–agreed. This is the heart of the issue.