Gardenfork’s DIY Rocket Stove

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6dGHC_Sqok “East Coast Eric” over at Gardenfork did a variation on our five gallon bucket rocket stove. Eric’s version uses a much easier to find plastic bucket and it seems to work without melting. He’s also promising a sequel to this video featuring a unique egg-in-a-hole grilled cheese sandwich!...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

Why it’s time to study how rocket emissions change the atmosphere https://t.co/Kf4AgCMsjS via @Verge — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 14, 2018 "To improve energy security, we need to make infrastructures less reliable". Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security https://t.co/vQajUrme0v pic.twitter.com/sAUZyd3ObO — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) December 10, 2018 Fumigate your home with the Colonel’s salty musk!https://t.co/...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Stoves, Cheese Museums and a Round Earth

The Watchman rocket stove: https://t.co/XgtZKwYW3g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 26, 2018 Imsil Cheese Theme Park @atlasobscura https://t.co/TEhL4hFloV — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 26, 2018 9 years post sowing the Tonbridge prairie is becoming extraordinary, Baptisia australis var. minor is first to flower in May. James Hitchmough and Tom Stuart Smith Design, Joe Ransley management pic.twitter.com/2XGjQypCq3 — James Hitchmough (@HitchmoughJa...

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Lila Downs Video Showing Tortilla Making in Oaxaca

...ngeles Bread Bakers sent me a link to this music video that shows tortilla making in Oaxaca. The song is “Palomo Del Comalito” (Dove of the Comalito) by Lila Downs. Note the huge corn tortillas, proof of the regional diversity of Mexican cuisine (and one of the many details I got wrong in my tortilla press post–thanks for the corrections Gloria). Lyrics in English after the jump. The beautiful people of this land Grind corn A miracle of their hand...

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