Saturday Linkages: Fueling Up

October 27, 2012

...made-briquettes-and-logs/ … Thoughtstylings Mark Bittman: A Simple Fix for Farming http://nyti.ms/VjNlZb Fueling up: http://we2our2.blogspot.com/2012/10/fueling-up.html … Health The Island Where People Forget to Die http://nyti.ms/S3Mitk Bikes Nice graphic showing why taking the lane is a good idea. http://ow.ly/eIgHH (via Commute Orlando) From the Root Simple Archive Appletastic Apple Cake https://www.rootsimple.com/2010/12/applet For these links...

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Permaculture Design Course at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2014

Events

...APRIL 26 / FOOD – Tour of South Coast Farms, discussion of common organic farming practices, agroecology, fruit tree care, planting, guild assembly, home garden design/consideration, fruit trees and food forests, orchard design workshop APRIL 27 / FOOD OFF-SITE – Guided tour of various farms in Vista, Tour of permaculture plant nursery, build plant lists MAY 10 / WASTE – Composting methods, nutrient cycle overview (nitrogen, carbon cycles), soil...

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Bitter Greens

Mr. Homegrown

October 25, 2006

Food, Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

...a, a green that America has suddenly discovered after last month’s factory farming spinach nightmare. We also added a tough and bitter leaf chicory from our friends at Grow Italian. Hopefully, by succession planting we should have a winter and spring full of green, if somewhat bitter vegetables. How do we prepare these bitter greens around the compound? Very simply — in a pan with garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Sometimes we add some Parmigia...

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080 Lessons From the Theodore Payne 2016 Garden Tour

Mr. Homegrown

April 6, 2016

Gardening, Podcasts

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...lists on why some residential drought measures are shortsighted. A blog post we did on the 2016 Theodore Payne Garden tour. Pictures of the gardens on the Theodore Payne tour. The new Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery and Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery Facebook page. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and...

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Saturday Tweets: A Week of Strange Links

Mr. Homegrown

April 2, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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...Observer (@ucfoodobserver) March 30, 2016 Another cow caught stealing a bicycle…… pic.twitter.com/7gtONxicdn — classicretro (@classicretro) March 30, 2016 We love this idea: “A Car Free LA” by @Terenig https://t.co/jEorOnbUsU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2016 Turkeys attacking cops https://t.co/0ouEYPNdoi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2016 The Harvard library that protects the world's colors (plus the 10 rarest): https://t.co...

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