Picture Sundays: A Book Forest
A neat idea: a public bookshelf made from logs in Berlin. Via Boing Boing. ...
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Picture Sundays: Unique Cadillac Cargo Carrier
Spotted in the posh HaFoSaFo district of Los Angeles, a re-purposed pickup truck shell serving as a cargo carrier. And since it’s so spectacular–here’s another view. A note about the house in the background: if an object stands motionless for long enough in this city it will get stuccoed. The Cadillac? It too will have a layer of matching beige/orange stucco within a year or so. Then house flippers will buy them both and reha...
Picture Sundays: A Car Exhaust Powered Pressure Cooker
From the June 1930 issue of Modern Mechanics: Automatic Food Cooker Runs by Exhaust Heat of Car Meals can literally be cooked on the run through the use of the automatic cooker shown in the photo above. The cooker is mounted on the rear bumper of the motor tourist’s car and an extension from the exhaust pipe connected up with it, as shown in the insert. The cooker contains a steam pressure kettle which is heated by the hot exhaust gases....
Picture Sundays: Bread Porn
They don’t always turn out this nice, but I managed to make a few good loaves this week. Video on how to do this is on the way, I promise....
Picture Sundays: The Cawston Ostrich Farm
“Reaching for oranges, Cawston Ostrich Farm, So Pasadena, CA.” Ostriches seemed to be a big tourist attraction in the early 20th century. This place also featured a “solar motor”–click to bigulate: Personally, I’d much rather visit the Cawston Ostrich Farm than Disneyland....
Picture Sundays: Mysterious Microwave Button
So this microwave has a “personal choice” button right next to the popcorn setting. No determinism button. I think this proves something....
Picture Sundays: The Vigo County Canning Club
Vigo County Canning Club, Indiana 1918. Via Kaufmann Mercantile. I hope we’ll be seeing more food preservation clubs in the years to come. They make a lot of sense. You can pool resources, labor and expertise. No need to be nostalgic, this is an idea for the present and future....
Picture Sundays: Ferment With the Devil
Mrs. Homegrown was poking around her computer and found an old image we had intended to use for Krautfest 2009. It’s sort of a sauerkraut meets heavy metal t-shirt concept complete with nonsensical umlauts. So we decided to revive the image as an actual t-shirt available in the Root Simple cafe press store. Kraut on!...
Picture Sundays: Cactus Disguise
Via Mostly Forbidden Zone....
Picture Sundays: Toyon in Bloom
Our young Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) had its first bloom this year. What’s so great about Toyon? Native bees and honeybees love it. UC Santa Cruz researchers found that Toyon is one of the best plants for attracting beneficial insects. Native Americans dried the red berries for use as food. It doesn’t need much water. It will grow as far north as Southern England. Get one for your food forest! ...