Saturday Linkages: Controversy Edition

Gardening Homegrown polenta? Floriani corn plants deliver ‘amazing flavor’ http://fw.to/2ju3QtE The High Line in Person by Susan Harris http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/the-high-line-in-person.html?utm_source=feedly … Knocked Out—and not in a good way by James Roush http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/knocked-out-and-not-in-a-good-way.html?utm_source=feedly … Hackin’ Open Tech Forever: permaculture/open tech startup: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/21/open-...

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Saturday Tweets: Cast Iron, Astroturf and Testing Your Microclimates

The Truth About Cast Iron Pans: 7 Myths That Need To Go Away http://t.co/qj0S6jL5Z2 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 10, 2014 Silver Lake urban farmers get into turf war over artificial grass http://t.co/7Ce8xODsTK via @TheEastsiderLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 14, 2014 From Farm to Patient Tray: Retrofitting the supply chain to meet hospitals’ demand for local food https://t.co/aPU7iE7ewJ — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) October 24, 2...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Sacred Lands and Watering Paradise

How the Dutch changed their cycling culture – started with a ’70’s “mass die-in” outside #Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. pic.twitter.com/dvatSeBIt0 — Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) November 18, 2014 Happy to see this sort of story at the local news level: Don’t rake your leaves, scientists say http://t.co/NTu6q3bUQ7 via @KING5Seattle — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 You can help protect an ancient sacred site in the Black Hills. https://t...

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Saturday Tweets: Mini Gabions and Citrus Liqueurs

How to make a mini gabion Timber Press | http://t.co/emfnLyJZJ8 #craft #gardening pic.twitter.com/ovmeYdnkc0 — Timber Press (@timberpress) November 24, 2014 The road death rate for children in the Netherlands dropped by 98% between 1972 and 2013 http://t.co/rb10Sf06KF pic.twitter.com/s6dUROJCpF — David Hembrow (@DavidHembrow) November 6, 2014 Designing California Cities for a Long-Term Drought http://t.co/WUKPGGqfqn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) No...

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Saturday Tweets: Barbra Streisand, Urban Farm Troubles and Thoughtful Plants

BBC News – New Forest road safety campaign donkey killed by car http://t.co/oEIKaEw20B — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 6, 2014 How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home via @BoingBoing http://t.co/xu3ZRI8aGU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 5, 2014 Seized! Urban farm troubles in Detroit: http://t.co/QLvb5ex0dP via @JewishNewsDet — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 4, 2014 Inhofe's grand climate...

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