Hops in Southern California

...g attached to the east side of the building. Homegrown Evolution’s own hop farming experiment ended in the spring of last year after we accidentally plopped some home built scaffolding on top of the tiny vine while undertaking the heinous task of scraping and painting the front of the house. Planting it in terrible soil doomed it to failure anyways. We’re experimenting with growing both Cascade and Nugget hops in a big self irrigating planter with...

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Saturday Tweets: K-Cups, Kittens and Smartphone Microscopes

...KJlSkioYz via @TakePart — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2015 Factory Farming: Was the World Created for Me? http://t.co/5vgfY983QV via @HuffPostRelig — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 19, 2015 Big Ag kills backyard chicken ordinance in Augusta: http://t.co/zdbsUdbFCi via @DailyProgress — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 18, 2015 Depaving Cities, Undamming Rivers—Here’s How We’re Undoing the Damage http://t.co/j0dYhsvYoL #TogetherWithEarth pic...

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Saturday Tweets: From Archery to Jaywalking

...sOxkYFDAF via @lifehackorg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 23, 2015 Top 10 Ecology Centers & Permaculture Programs in California | Sacred Ecology http://t.co/wL72Fp0uMJ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 23, 2015 Our Ecological Boredom http://t.co/puq09qToO9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 23, 2015 Beautiful short documentary on the art of letterpress via @BoingBoing http://t.co/qadkgGXSeC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 23, 2015 Anim...

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Saturday Tweets: Trade Your House For an Entire Medieval Italian Village

...0 | via @Telegraph http://t.co/ndXMv2qJ5G — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 10, 2015 63-Unit Apartment Building in Italy Covered With Green Foliage http://t.co/bE1ck4eiC8 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2015 This study explains a lot about jury duty, meetings, and climate change discussion: http://t.co/JkN9RiUu7d — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 6, 2015 Six ways local officials can encourage urban farming: http://t.co/ysRVP84REp — Root Simpl...

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Day to day, our decisions count

...most of that’s soil which is being stripped of its wealth by unsustainable farming practices. So yeah…uggh. There’s no need to beat this with a hammer. What can we do at home? What kind of personal disciplines can we take on to stop wasting food? I don’t have all the answers! I’m hoping you all will have some suggestions. Here’s a few things I can offer: Avoid eating out, especially at places where you know the food isn’t sourced well, and the por...

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