Saturday Tweets: 12 Hours in an Ikea, Bike Helmets, How to Fix Drywall and Much More

March 25, 2017

Just a lil stunt journalism for @Curbed Furniture Week: "12 hours in the biggest Ikea in the U.S. destroyed my soul" https://t.co/ppzX94YxqQ

— Kelsey Keith (@kelseykeith) March 22, 2017

The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' https://t.co/TVjtv9SdrK

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 21, 2017

Behind Lucky Peach’s Closing, Colliding Visions https://t.co/jU5RJ7rsMm

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2017

Fix a Hole in Drywall https://t.co/qxcZfgBxbk

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2017

Turkey splits up fight between roosters https://t.co/xPqOPqRgMU

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2017

We’ve Brought These Stupid ‘Internet of Things’ Hacks Upon Ourselves – https://t.co/BjY67VvYzb

— Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) March 17, 2017

Tahini banana date cake? Yum @ottolenghi https://t.co/Xn8BPTxnyY

— Evan Kleiman (@evankleiman) March 20, 2017

Resist the Internet https://t.co/MYTNVL8XB7

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2017

Live Edge River Coffee Table | How to Build https://t.co/H0rf0PYT6e

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2017

Listen to the sounds of an office, a vinyl record from 1964 https://t.co/GABfqllB2p

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 24, 2017

'My chickens saved my life' https://t.co/So8lOmUUW9 pic.twitter.com/PShnFdFVYh

— Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) March 25, 2017

Man dies after bathtub phone charger shock https://t.co/CCWej4oel4

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2017

“Autonomous Cars Will Turn Back the Clock on Sustainable Cities” by @PABL0VALERIO https://t.co/nHCyQ1pV4P @Andreas_Egense #dktrp

— KlausBondam (@KlausBondam) March 21, 2017

Irrigation systems should be checked each spring before use to make sure there isn't damage #FixALeakWeek #H2Love pic.twitter.com/Ia9r1Cux5t

— MWD of SoCal (@mwdh2o) March 22, 2017

Don't call them the 'Dark Ages'! See over 160 glorious books which show the sophistication of early medieval England https://t.co/xXlRozbYgG pic.twitter.com/6jcZEDVmfZ

— Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) March 24, 2017

Thank You Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County!

Mr. Homegrown

March 21, 2017

Events

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I want to take a moment to thank the staff of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. They were nice enough to invite Root Simple to do a coffee roasting demo and gave us booth space during Nature Fest this past weekend. They were also very compassionate and understanding when I had to leave early on Sunday when my elderly mom was, unexpectedly, hospitalized.

If you’re a local please consider joining the Museum as a member and sign up to find out about the many programs they put on. They are doing amazing work to encourage biodiversity and citizen science.

And a programming note: posting will be light this week as I need to help my mom.

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Saturday Tweets: Late Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 18, 2017

Saturday Linkages

Cardboard Cat Igloo House https://t.co/DOR5W5zK9Y

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017

Bottle Cutting With a Soldering Iron https://t.co/pUOyEQrmPS

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017

DIY Mid-Century Modern Slatted Bench https://t.co/iEG7jLr9Zc

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017

A kid-friendly electronics board that you can program from the web https://t.co/SnSfMrQ579

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2017

Lenin statue loses head in mishap https://t.co/E7mVOGI9EX

— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2017

Come down to @NHMLA today or tomorrow and nerd out on @NatureinLA with me + other local nature nerds! pic.twitter.com/jaw9FPkNvJ

— Lila Higgins (@lilamayhiggins) March 18, 2017

Nature Fest this Weekend!

Mr. Homegrown

March 16, 2017

Events

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Just a reminder that I’ll be at the Natural History Museum’s L.A. Nature Fest this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Root Simple will have a booth in which we’ll be selling copies of our rare and hard to find booklets, done in collaboration with the Ecology Center, on container gardening, rainwater harvesting, bicycle basics, backyard chickens and food preservation. They’ll be priced to fly out of those boxes in my garage! I’ll also be doing a coffee demo at 1pm on both Saturday and Sunday and dispensing free advice in the booth for the entirety of the festival. Please drop by and hang out.

And dig the book racks I built out of scrap plywood! See you this weekend!

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100 Eric Rochow of Garden Fork on Maple Syrup, Welding and Cast Iron

Mr. Homegrown

March 15, 2017

Food, Podcasts

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On this, the 100th episode of the Root Simple podcast we talk with Garden Fork impresario Eric Rochow about his adventures in maple syrup making, learning how to weld and the controversial topic of maintaining cast iron. During the show we touch on a lot of things including:

Eric’s file cabinet evaporator
Eric’s evaporator upgrades
Eric’s flux core welding video
The Instructables welding class
Valpak Harbor Freight coupons
Harbor Freight flux core welder
Eric’s flux core welding playlist
LA’s Molten Metal Works maker space and classes
The Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn welding classes and more
Harbor Freight ad parody
Eric’s cast iron seasoning video
Eric’s cast iron electrolysis video
Can you use soap on cast iron?

Also, Eric wants to know how many Root Simple readers/listeners follow Garden Fork. Send him an email at [email protected]. You can also find Eric on the Garden Fork podcast, the Garden Fork Youtube channel, Garden Fork for in Facebook and at GardenFork.tv.

If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.

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