Saturday Linkages: Broody Hens, Killer Gardens and Salt-Rising Bread

May 31, 2014

Surveillance camera bird-feeder http://boingboing.net/2014/05/27/surveillance-camera-bird-feede.html … Broody Hens and the Meaning of Life. My new blog post on The Tangled Nest. http://thetanglednest.com/2014/05/broody-hens-and-the-meaning-of-life/ … Coping With Heat in the Garden: Drought-Tolerant Crops, Resilient Perennials and More http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2467 The whole world has a weight problem, new report says http://www.usatoday.c...

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Saturday Tweets: Raccoon Steals Donut

Mr. Homegrown

January 9, 2016

Saturday Linkages

Hangry raccoon drops through ceiling to steal a donut https://t.co/xrCPUTkV6S pic.twitter.com/T92GMuwQGw — Mashable (@mashable) December 30, 2015 Seems Roman baths and toilets didn’t bring health benefits we’d expect : Discovery News https://t.co/kyG7rVNH3E — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 8, 2016 Viva la Anthropocene! Scientists say humans have now brought on an entirely new geologic epoch https://t.co/NCqzP4d6Ug — Root Simple (@rootsimple) J...

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Saturday Linkages: Soils, Prickly Pear and the Case for Going Outside

Mr. Homegrown

August 31, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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Soil diagram from the Garden Professors. Let’s get (soil) physical… https://sharepoint.cahnrs.wsu.edu/blogs/urbanhort/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=943 … The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/08/the-science-behind-honeys-eternal-shelf-life/#.Uh0YB1lfCUw.twitter … Open Tech Forever: permaculture/open tech startup: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/21/open-tech-forever-permacultur.html … DIY Hanging D...

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Saturday Linkages: Sidewalk Koi, Papercrete, Jaywalking and How to Grow Fresh Air

Mr. Homegrown

August 3, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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Wendy Tremayne and Mikey Sklar’s papercrete masterpiece. Interventions Sidewalk Koi http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/08/sidewalk-koi.html … Worker sent to remove graffiti finds image of himself on the same wall hours later http://fw.to/wOjTzDJ Let’s Build A Traditional City (And Make A Profit) http://www.andrewalexanderprice.com/blog20130330.php … Building Tiny Tea House on Wheels http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lloydkahn/~3/D2Xib4vOfeY/t...

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Saturday Linkages: Yet More Potty Talk

Mr. Homegrown

August 10, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...a-in-lap-chickens/ … Food Issues Cylindrical, quivering, gelatinous, tinned 12-course meal – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/08/04/cylindrical-quivering-gelati.html … What if gluten-phobes are eliminating the wrong thing? The Grain of Truth http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-grain-of-truth … Tokyo’s “unmanned stores” – honor-system sheds where farmers to sell their surplus produce: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/07/tokyos-un...

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