Pollinators and Power

...ve pollinators including A Sting in the Tale, A Buzz in the Meadow, Bee Quest and The Garden Jungle. You can read a transcript of the conversation and subscribe to the podcast using your favorite app. Terry Oxford was a guest on episodes 107 and 109 of the Root Simple Podcast....

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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

...The combination of responsibilities this week and passing a kidney stone last night means that we’re calling a close to the first season of the Root Simple Podcast and planning new episodes for season two. That’s a pretentious way of saying there’s no podcast today. We’ll be back next week. Who would you like to see as guests? How do you like the podcast so far?...

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Root Simple: 2015 in Review

...I’ve Learned from Baking Bread with Whole Grain and How to Make Hot Sauce. Podcast Comments Due to the nature of the medium it’s difficult for me to gauge the reaction of listeners to our podcast but I think the two most popular may have been the interviews we did with Larry Korn (064 One Straw Revolutionary Larry Korn) and Robert Kourik (069 Understanding Roots With Robert Kourik). Half-Baked Thoughtstylings In going through the past year’s blog...

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The Ultimate Earth Bed: A Mattress Made of Sand

...podcast. They will be on tomorrow’s episode, so stay tuned for more! (The podcast is now up–here’s the link) But in brief, and as sort of a preview, here’s few points which we’ll be covering in more detail in the podcast: Sleeping on a firm surface is a well known solution for tricky backs. Many people find that after an (admittedly uncomfortable) period of adjustment, the body seems to stretch and realign against the resistance offered by the fi...

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Free Resources at the Public Library on Garden Fork Radio

...ng has interfered with podcast guest booking. While there’s no Root Simple podcast this week, should you want to hear me blabbing you can head over to Garden Fork Radio. On the latest episode I talk to host Eric Rochow about my favorite place, the Los Angeles Central Library. In addition to the serendipity that comes from browsing the stacks, libraries also offer many digital resources for free such as: online classes via Lynda.com, magazines, the...

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