Tomato Review #2 Banana Legs – it don’t look like a banana and it don’t got legs

...megrown Evolution compound and time for the second in our series of tomato reviews. Today, Banana Legs, a determinate variety with yellow flesh and light green streaks. It has a mild, low acid flavor and a meaty texture. Not bad, not thrilling, not nearly is as good as a similar looking tomato we grew last year, Power’s Heirloom. We grew our Banana Legs in a self watering container (SWC) and it produced a respectable amount of fruit. With a sunny...

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Saturday Tweets: Labor Day Weekend Edition

...://t.co/ubppSqCKiP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Scientist reviews most painful insect stings he's ever received https://t.co/q2XFXRF5cp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 31, 2016 Yes to more wildlife crossings! Mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains could die out in 50 years https://t.co/VLKQD7HJOR via @kpcc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 31, 2016 "Well, duh" say the dog people: Dogs understand both words and intona...

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Nursery Customers From Hell

...plants. On a whim, Kelly took a look at their overwhelmingly positive Yelp reviews. But some of the Yelpers prove how hard it must be to work in a nursery and deal with a public that can charitably be described as disconnected with the natural world. Take this Yelper: I’ve driven by this place soooo many times and really needed some advice on a dear plant of ours. We’ve had it for 5 years and it suffered trauma from our kitty pushing it off the le...

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097 Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill

...o 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 episode of the Root Simple podcast I interview Paul Lebeau, who came all the way from Germany to demonstrate an interesting new home flour mill called the Mock Mill. The Mock Mill was designed by Wolfgang...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

...(@rootsimple) December 9, 2018 If you are looking for gifts for climate-anxious friends and family, please consider my book. It inspires and empowers many who read it. Which is way better than anxiety, for us and for 🌍 Local bookstore is best, but here's a convenient link w reviews:https://t.co/LhmCbzTHGC — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) December 8, 2018 $30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a "personal scooter" https://t.co/1S7yFL...

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