Nettle hot sauce recipe from the Wild Food Lab.

How About a Nice Cold Glass of Camel, Buffalo, or Pig Milk?

Artisinal cocktail movement gets out of hand: Stop the Madness! | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/07/stop-the-madness.html … 

Yes, there’s a parasite of the day blog: http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com

The Clutter Culture via UCLA Magazine http://magazine.ucla.edu/features/the-clutter-culture/ …

And, how to deal with that clutter: Unf#$&^% Your Habitat: a smart phone ap for messy people: http://boingboing.net/2012/07/25/unfuck-your-habitat-tidy-advi.html …

Compendium of Research Reports on Use of Non-Traditional Materials for Crop Production: http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/compendium/index.aspx … 

Cross-contamination: washing chicken or any meat is a bad idea | barfblog: http://bit.ly/M4pybB 

Making hot sauces with wild plants: http://www.urbanoutdoorskills.com/wildfoodlab.html … 

How to Restore an Heirloom Axe | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2012/07/17/how-to-restore-an-heirloom-axe/ … 

Of all the linkages this week this is the most important: please consider helping one of Los Angeles’ bike activists, Shay Sanchez, defeat a terrible disease: Raise Money for Shay’s Kick Butt and Get Better Fund –  http://www.youcaring.com/fundraiser_details?fundraiser_id=1412&url=shays … 

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Customized leaf blower by artist Rubén Ortiz-Torres

Those damn leaf blowers! It’s Not About the Noise: Pollen, Mold, Feces and Lung-Lodging Particulates: http://arlingtonleafblowers.blogspot.com/2012/06/pollen-mold-feces-and-lung-lodging.html?spref=tw …

Why Are American Kids So Spoiled? : The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/07/02/120702crbo_books_kolbert?mbid=social_retweet …

Man builds 50 Foot Wooden Tower to reach vegetable garden:  http://dornob.com/50-foot-wooden-tower-is-a-brilliant-diy-backyard-solution/ …

Another sign of the artisinal apocalypse: NYC water cafe sells fancily filtered local water http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/nyc-water-cafe-sells-fancily-f.html …

Hacked Ikea Leaning Chair: http://dornob.com/hacked-ikea-leaning-chair-design-imitates-life-art-cartoons/ … 

Authors@Google: John Jeavons: http://youtu.be/afHd9EhsJ1U 

Stop the War on Front Yard Vegetable Gardens – Arrêtez la Guerre contre les Potagers sur les Cours Avant http://www.causes.com/causes/11991-plant-healthy-gardens-feed-a-hungry-world/actions/1667714 … 

Chicken proofing your vegetable garden: Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/07/chickens-vs-vegetable-beds-round-two.html …

Color in the (House and) Garden | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/07/color-in-the-house-and-garden.html …

Desperately Seeking Shade: How South L.A. Bus Riders Weather the Elements http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/07/12/desperately-seeking-shade-how-south-l-a-bus-riders-weather-the-elements/#.UATeyLR4nH4.twitter … 

Color Palettes Inspired by Cats from Design Seeds – http://www.moderncat.net/2012/07/15/color-palettes-inspired-by-cats-from-design-seeds/ …

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Watering the roof. One of the low-tech home cooling tips on the Build It Solar Blog.

Tiny Home in Italy made out of pallets http://bit.ly/NGWlPS

Build-It-Solar Blog: Cooling Without Power http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2012/07/coolin …

Build-It-Solar Blog: DIY Solar Water Heating for 7 Unit Apartment http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2012/07/diy-so …

Measure for Measure – Beth Schaleben’s Yardstick Table http://bit.ly/NhlMsC

1931′s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/20 …

A sailboat made out of five gallon buckets: http://fivegallonideas.com/sailboat/?utm_ …

Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism – The Atlantic http://bit.ly/NbKT0X

Bank’s idea for tackling the financial crisis: six bicycles http://soc.li/K7DLJ2M
 
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Fermented Lemonade: http://thecultivatedlife.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/ho- …

http://Bedroom Almanac: Wall Decor Changes With Lunar Cycle dornob.com/bedroom-almana …

How to Sew on a Button | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2012/06/28/sew …

Sewer hunting–the worst job ever: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/0 …

Silver Lake’s Vertical Garden Gets Peeled Away: http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/07/silver … 

10 Tips for Dealing with People Who Dominate Your Meetings http://wp.me/pKcwR-71 

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The very stinky Dracunculus vulgaris on the Garden Professors’ Blog

Stacking metal lunchbox made from tuna cans: http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/sta …

Grow Something Rude and Smelly-Dracunculus vulgaris: http://ow.ly/1O9FIl

Moss Tiles – a rally bad idea: http://ow.ly/1O9FGX

Life Magazine 1948: Chicago Family’s Mutant Bikes http://is.gd/kSBy9U via @bikejuju

Geodesic Hub Connectors – http://www.domerama.com/dome-basics/ge … http://www.domerama.com/dome-basics/ge … 

Hiplok Wearable Bike Lock Review http://urbanvelo.org/hiplok-wearabl … via @urbanvelo 

Hot air hand dryers not as good as paper towels: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publicati … 

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