Saturday Tweets: Gardens, Grilled Cheese and Infinite Chocolate Chip Cookies

The latest Piet Oudolf design? No, a 17th century Japanese Iris garden (Horikiri Shobuen) https://t.co/oA5taACLaa pic.twitter.com/6edCbU3PJb — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) June 6, 2017 Stich Meadows, QE Olympic Park – roadside plantings with white Leucanthemum and yellow Bupthalmum and Galium, and pink Dianthus pic.twitter.com/NJ8TsqiXvI — Nigel Dunnett (@NigelDunnett) June 6, 2017 Fergus's magical layering @GreatDixter pic.twitter.com/3KW...

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Saturday Tweets: Gin Poles, Gardens and a $35 Chicken

Gin poles https://t.co/JZgcg2DlGm pic.twitter.com/nvaEnD20mO — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) May 28, 2017 Don’t “bawk” at the price of that $35 chicken. Crow about the bargain you’re getting! https://t.co/5fMplLe3qE — Shannon Hayes (@SapBushShannon) June 3, 2017 One of the most game-changing contemporary America gardens is on Garden Conservancy tour https://t.co/15QjlQBWVW pic.twitter.com/dnFcLUarTB — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) June 3,...

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Saturday Tweets: Date Palms, Clear Ice and Hugs

Judean Date Palm Methuselah: @atlasobscura https://t.co/4ifmebCldA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 25, 2017 Advanced Techniques – How To Make Clear Ice https://t.co/m78LMOHa21 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 24, 2017 How to make potentially lethal prison wine https://t.co/hsfz83vnGR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 24, 2017 The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats https://t.co/m9dIMlawVf — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 23, 2017 For rent: 750 human po...

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Saturday Tweets: Eating in Japan, Bears, Bees and Cats

Five things you should never do when eating in Japan https://t.co/OuSfsMUbb0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 17, 2017 Shed of the Year 2017 – in pictures https://t.co/f34VaEwp06 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 18, 2017 Brief visual reminder that it's infrastructure and a respectful motoring culture – not helmets + body armour – that makes for safe riding. pic.twitter.com/L7xc2kWrJt — Martyn Schmoll (@martynschmoll) May 17, 2017 Clever but I t...

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Saturday Tweets: Starlings, Chipmunks and Maple Syrup Season Lessons

“How Mozart changed my mind about America’s most hated bird” – an excerpt from my book Mozart’s Starling on @LitHub https://t.co/tked5htSDd pic.twitter.com/RvU0ax5Cii — Lyanda Lynn Haupt (@LyandaHaupt) May 12, 2017 Caught raiding birdseed, chipmunk yields haul https://t.co/QUatfa977T — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 12, 2017 Ghost Lanes: Angled “Scarchitecture” Reveals Historic Urban Roads https://t.co/Bbr8h3AbHp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 8,...

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