Loofah Sponges

September 18, 2011

We talk about the joy of loofah–or luffa– (Luffa aegyptiaca) all the time, but I don’t believe we’ve every blogged about it here. I was reminded of it when we received a letter from Candace, who heard us on a podcast talking about how much fun it was to grow loofah sponges. She said: I wanted to thank you for that part of the interview in particular. I decided to grow some this summer and it has been a great joy. It i...

The Wound of Separation Invades Every Fortress

Mr. Homegrown

September 10, 2011

Thoughtstylings

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The gold standard in podcasting for me is the always enlightening C-Realm podcast hosted by “KMO”. A recent two part interview KMO did with Charles Eisenstein, author of a new book called Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition, will be of particular interest to Root Simple readers. The interview covers a wide range of topics including the creation of a gift economy, collapse and transformation. I especi...

Plantasia: Music for Plants Part II

Mr. Homegrown

March 17, 2010

Thoughtstylings

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...ly is a lecture by anthropologist Wade Davis, “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World” that you can listen to via the always excellent Long Now Foundation’s lecture series and available as a free podcast in the Itunes store. Davis eloquently describes the Anaconda people’s intricate botanical knowledge and how they came to concoct ayahuasca.The plants, it turned out, talked to them. Though, after listening to P...

Keeping Chickens by Ashley English

Mr. Homegrown

April 9, 2010

Animals, Chickens, Reviews

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It’s about time someone got around to writing this book. The people have been demanding a concise, clearly illustrated guide to raising chickens for eggs in urban and suburban situations and Ashley English has delivered the goods with Keeping Chickens All You Need to Know to Care for a Happy, Healthy Flock . You may remember Ashley from our first, and so far only, Homegrown Evolution podcast. Keeping Chickens covers breeds, how to get chi...

Saturday Linkages: Can Gardens, BOLs and Attack Geese

Mr. Homegrown

September 1, 2012

Saturday Linkages

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...ws/surf-suf ficient/diy-surfboard-bike-rack … 80ft Tube Made From VHS Tape http://www. dudecraft.com/2012/08/80ft-t ube-made-from-vhs-tape.html … Prepping Developing Raw Land into a Homestead or BOL Over Time | The Survival Podcast http:// bit.ly/NoacJJ Beekeeping Bees in a Paris park: http://www. backwardsbeekeepers.com/2012/08/viewer -mail-bees-in-paris-park.html … Yow! Apple granted patent for location-based camera phone disabling: http:/...

Media Fasting

Mr. Homegrown

March 2, 2012

Thoughtstylings

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...has the power to change ourselves and the world for the better. If you’ve tried a media fast, or disagree completely with the concept, leave a comment. Inspiration for my media fast came from an episode of the C-Realm podcast–an interview with Neal Kramer, entitled “Grasp the Nettle“....

Eat This City

Mr. Homegrown

January 7, 2009

Foraging

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From the Sky Full of Bacon podcast, a video on Chicago urban foragers Art Jackson and Nance Klehm: Sky Full of Bacon 07: Eat This City from Michael Gebert on Vimeo. Be sure to check Nancy’s website Spontaneous Vegetation for information on her projects and upcoming foraging classes in the spring....