097 Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill

First off, I want to thank Eric Rochow of Garden Fork for subbing for Kelly and I on the previous podcast (episode 96). Thank you Eric! And I hope everyone listening to our podcast will also subscribe to the Garden Fork Podcast and YouTube channel. Please leave Eric some good reviews too! As for Kelly, she’s doing better and I hope to have her on the next episode of the podcast to talk about her aortic dissection adventure. On this special live e...

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Saturday Tweets: Christmas Eve Edition

...liday https://t.co/qogcJNggqm pic.twitter.com/4qsmEgfBsZ — John Porter (@WVgardenguru) December 19, 2016 It's time to plant your winter vegetable garden (and gloat on Facebook) https://t.co/fOOnYZXiNl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 19, 2016 Life In Nara Through Japan’s 72 Microseasons https://t.co/DsglPK8tGx via @SpoonTamago — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 23, 2016 Hero Mom Fined By Police for Vigilante Traffic Calming https://t.co/...

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RIP Toby Hemenway

...ent for explaining permaculture with clarity and elegance. His book Gaia’s Garden adapted Bill Mollison’s concepts for those of us with small spaces to tend. In his last book he merged permaculture with the City Repair movement and looked at ways we can improve our communities. We desperately need voices like Hemenway’s in this moment of crisis. He will be missed. Someone I greatly admire, Toby Hemenway needs our help. Hemenway is a permaculturali...

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Saturday Tweets: Playing Chicken, Healthy Eating and Fixing Stuff

...rFJW8jtu0U via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 4, 2016 Top Garden Trends for 2017 | Garden Design https://t.co/gLWfCUMCWl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 5, 2016 Huh. Kind of intriguing: Using jellyfish to make eco-friendly tampons, diapers and pads https://t.co/OchZ1cQijU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 10, 2016 We should never forget about beauty, which humanity needs so much! — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) November 10, 201...

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Paper Wasps: Your New BFFs

...lopers and hornworms, but they are also fond of aphids. They swoop down on garden pests like tiny eagles–or flying monkeys–or homicidal Amazon drones– and drag their ravaged bodies back to the nest to the nest to feed their babies. Only the larvae are carnivorous. The adults live on nectar, so wasps are both pest hunters AND valuable pollinators. You want a healthy garden? Host a paper wasp colony. These are my arguments for adopting a tolerant at...

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