Watch out for the nettles . . .
World naked gardening day–May 4: http://www.wngd.org [Editors note: NSFW and no we won’t be participating in WNGD, but I once saw a neighbor doing so while I was walking our dog a few years ago.]
Making Things
Paul Elkin, Maker of Many Things http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/04/paul-elkin-maker-of-many-things.html#.UYSMGz1dyX8.twitter …
The Climbing rope lamp http://www.recyclart.org/2013/05/the-climbing-rope-lamp/ …
Tiny Houses Give Slum Dwellers a Safe Home in Just One Day | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/tiny-houses-give-slum-dwellers-a-safe-home-in-just-one-day/ …
Subtle Site Strategy: Garden Wall Home Has Hidden Depths | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/subtle-site-strategy-garden-wall-home-has-hidden-depths/ …
We’re all gonna die!
You Won’t Believe What’s In Your Turkey Burger http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/04/theres-fecal-bacteria-your-ground-turkey …
The Rise of the Tick http://shar.es/lr7aE
Nobody Walks in L.A.: The Rise of Cars and the Monorails That Never Were http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2013/04/nobody-walks-in-l-a-the-rise-of-cars-and-the-monorails-that-never-were/#.UX_mJ2g5vmA.twitter …
Rat sandwich?
Meat from a 20-lb swamp rat: http://boingboing.net/2013/04/29/meat-from-a-20-kb-swamp-rat-t.html …
Bread Magazine, a magazine devoted to . . . bread: http://bread.insanelyinterested.com/back-issues/
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I already get eaten up by chiggers while I’m clothed head to toe, so no nekkid gardening for me. It’s also just above freezing.
Tiny slum houses will be the only hope of U.S. home ownership in our current economy which is now at the lowest level (67%) since 1995. I’m not feelin’ the “hope and change”.
really – tiny houses affordable to slum dwellers – i dont know many slum dwellers who have upwards of $8000 laying around….maybe im not hanging around in the right slums….
cute house though….which is why i checked out the pricing….i – not a slum dweller yet – wouldnt purchase this product for that much dough…gracious. oh and figure in options and shipping.
Thanks for the link to Bread! This is a good list of links to be mentioned on 🙂
Of course–sorry to put you next to giant rats! Looking forward to following Bread.
Although I found this article whilst looking for other information on gardening, I cant help but say that although the economy is not great, the west always finds a way out and I am confident things will look up soon.
As for giant rats, in my job I heave to deal with them on a day to day basis 🙂
Carl
http://www.mosslandscapes.co.uk/
In Eugene they are building tiny houses for the homeless for under 500 bucks. There are 2 in a church near my house and they are quite swell. The covered porch is great in our rainy climate. People seem to truly love them.
http://www.opportunityvillageeugene.org/