Saturday Linkages: Well Tended Fires, Gardening Myths and a Spartan House

June 28, 2014

...cooking stoves: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2014/06/thermal-efficiency-cooking-stoves.html … Grace and Gratitude, an urban homestead in Norfolk http://fw.to/kSevPBG ‘Hobbit house’ set to be knocked down http://bit.ly/1qttpPH 10 Gardening Myths Busted! http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20815937,00.html … One for the honey: Beekeeping frame storage – IKEA Hackers http://po.st/IdBwgN A very low tech hearing aid: http://tinyurl.com/knbhgxr...

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Saturday Linkages: Incas, Big Rocks and Cool Cucumbers

Mr. Homegrown

November 23, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...Trucks… http://feedly.com/e/EIHJkA8Y Odd ideas Betrayers’ Banquet: gourmet dining vs the Prisoner’s Dilemma – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/11/21/betrayers-banquet-gourmet-d.html … Complete meal cooking with a hotel coffee-maker: http://boingboing.net/2013/11/18/complete-meal-cooking-with-a-h.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Delicious Cauliflower

Mrs. Homegrown

August 26, 2013

Food, Recipes

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...until it is just tender. Don’t overcook, because it will receive some more cooking down the line. Drain if necessary. Add the 6-8 T of oil to a big frying pan. My favorite cast iron pan is 10 inches and it’s crowded for this, but it works. Heat the oil and add the cooked cauliflower. Fry over med-high heat, turning carefully with a spatula, until the cauliflower is kissed with little brown marks. Remove the cauliflower from the pan at this point a...

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Saturday Linkages: Poison, Pee and Plagiarism

Mr. Homegrown

March 30, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...p://www.nwedible.com/2013/03/how-to-use-pee-in-your-garden.html … Plagiarism Jane Goodall’s Troubling, Plagiarized, Error-Filled New Book, ‘Seeds of Hope’ http://thebea.st/X9k58O ??? Hard times for Marshmallow farmers!: http://youtu.be/h9RfuD1Im4U Vegan Black Metal Chef, A Vegan Cooking Show Like No Other http://laughingsquid.com/vegan-black-metal-chef-a-vegan-cooking-show-like-no-other/ … The Archdruid Report: The Illusion of Invincibility http:/...

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Citified Parched Corn

Mrs. Homegrown

March 18, 2013

Food, Food Preservation, How-to, Recipes

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...ping, high-energy trail food. It can also be ground into flour and used in cooking. I have vague elementary school memories of claims that a warrior* could walk a whole day nourished on just a handful of parched corn. (They did not mention that the warrior might be cranky at the end of the day–which I suspected might be the case. I’ve heard similar claims about Roman soldiers marching on handfuls of barley. Poor guys. But now that I’ve tried parch...

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