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News From Nowhere

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Thoughtstylings
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...are not driven to make a vast quantity of useless things, we have time and resources enough to consider our pleasure in making them. All work which would be irksome to do by hand is done by immensely improved machinery; and in all work which it is a pleasure to do by hand machinery is done without. There is no difficulty in finding work which suits the special turn of mind for everybody; so that no man is sacrificed to the wants of another. From t...

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Saturday Tweets: Bats, Modern Coops and Drunk Raccoons

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...ollenNation http://t.co/f69YxViRmK pic.twitter.com/5IMz4oAMVU — Ag&Natural Resources (@ucanr) June 17, 2015 DIY Track Saw using a cheap Circular saw http://t.co/8sRmm1tkRw — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 18, 2015 Modern Prefab Coops for the World's Hippest Chickens http://t.co/pgK0J5JIdo via @CurbedLA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 19, 2015 Pope Francis Champions Climate Change With Poetry. If Only We Could Do the Same. http://t.co/ull6nsxF...

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An Awareness of What is Missing

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Thoughtstylings
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...are harnessing acedia to sell us crap we don’t need and harvest our personal data for their financial gain. But I also don’t want to come off as a Luddite. I like the community that this blog has formed, as well as the great people I’ve met through resources like Meetup.com. And I know a few people who use social media in a very positive and uplifting way (which should, perhaps, be the subject of a future blog post). So what do you think? What ski...

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The Wonder of Worms

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Back to the Garden, Gardening, Vermiculture
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...in those areas. See this article from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for the basics. (This is interesting, too.) The Minnesota folks seem mostly concerned about people tossing their extra bait worms into the woods. They do mention that they believe compost worms can’t survive the long winters, so are unlikely to be a big problem. But they’re not 100% sure on that, so if your property backs onto pristine northern forest (lucky you!)...

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Saturday Tweets: Sheds, Roots and Odd Pie Shapes

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...e #drought. http://t.co/gXAWf8WTe4 pic.twitter.com/0QpaPngBXx — Ag&Natural Resources (@ucanr) May 8, 2015 We asked to see your sheds and we can’t believe the incredible response we got: http://t.co/THoKAXC7OS pic.twitter.com/GhWCH8feGr — Telegraph Gardening (@TeleGardening) May 8, 2015 The real story behind the demise of America’s once-mighty streetcars http://t.co/lTZWUjdk3g via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 8, 2015 Odd pie shapes of...

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