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121 Beekeeping, Fireworks, Solar Power and Extending Wi-Fi with Will of the Weekend Homestead

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Animals, Bees, Podcasts, Solar, Water and Power
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Will of the Weekend Homestead returns to the Root Simple podcast to talk about how to get into beekeeping without busting the bank, fireworks, rigging up a simple solar power system and extending your wi-fi. During the podcast we discuss: Inexpensive beekeeping. Fireworks. Will’s small solar system. Will on the Garden Fork Podcast discussing his solar power system along with part recommendations. Kill-a-Watt. Cooking with a Sous Vide machine. Bro...

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Essential System #7 – Repair Kit and Tools

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Preparedness, Tools
...ncy geniuses Stephen Box and Enci gifted us with a category-busting set of tools that, get this, fit within a tiny 30g (1.5 oz) Altoid tin! Believe it or not this pocket size Altoid tin contains the following items: 1 inner tube piece – a section of a bicycle tire that can be used as a tourniquet, bandage, or slingshot 1 boot lace – always handy to have a section of string 1 saw wire – you can cut wood with this sharp wire 2 finger rings 1 can ope...

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Saturday Tweets: Figs, Cordless Tools and Dancing Sunflowers

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Saturday Linkages
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Convert old cordless tools to Lithium power https://t.co/s5lS8Mzj5h — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 13, 2016 Love the Fig https://t.co/sFTxWLgAoS via @newyorker — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 12, 2016 This app aims to gamify biology and let amateurs discover new species. https://t.co/KidGZ0NRIo #STEM pic.twitter.com/r8ezFYqMeD — SRS @ UCSD (@SallyRideSci) August 13, 2016 Watch a sunflower dance in the sun: Now scientists know how it’s done...

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No Tools? No Problem

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Design
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...eate a stool by hand . . . or better said by teeth. Not wanting to use any tools, he harvested wood by venturing up into New York’s Adirondack Mountains and rocked a dead Birch tree until if finally fell over. He then shaped the soft wood by slowly and methodically rubbing it with his hands, scratching it with his fingernails,, and chewing it with his teeth, in much the same way one tackles corn on the cob. “I got a few splinters along the way, bu...

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