042 The Tailpipe of Consumption

...stic number codes mean The problem with #7 plastics What happens to recycled plastics What happens to paper Styrofoam Links: Burbank Recycle Center website Burbank Recycle Center on Facebook If you want 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. Additional music by R...

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046 Caring for Older Cats

...sm avmi.net Grooming Step stools Checking your cat’s teeth and gums Feeding times Urinating outside the litter box Integrating older and younger cats Heating pads for older cats If you want 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 pod...

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047 Done is Better Than Perfect

...eatment Keeping bees in the winter Mudsongs.org That Flow Hive thingy Bears! Birdhouses No-knead bread in a slow cooker Slow cooking and pressure cooking What to do with pallets If you want 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 pod...

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048 Toilet Talk

...ilet passage of David Foster Wallace’s essay A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again The Humanure Handbook Brad Lancaster’s humanure system The Water-Wise Home by Laura Allen If you want 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 pod...

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049 The Fierce Green Fire: Natural Beekeeper Patrick Pynes

...bees Aggression vs. defensiveness Top bar hives and Africanized bees Inspecting bees Advantages of top bar hives Eight frame Langstroth hives with foundationless frames Diseases If you want 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 pod...

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