What our hometown looked like in the 1920s.

We Only Bond with Complex Landscapes | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2013/12/we-only-bond-with-complex-landscapes.html …

How To Make Homemade Bitters Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-bitters-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-197883 …

100 Years of Dog Breed “Improvement” http://wp.me/p1VSYl-eg 

Los Angeles Was Once a Forest of Oil Derricks http://southland.gizmodo.com/los-angeles-was-once-a-forest-of-oil-derricks-1469825345 …

Full-color handout for plant-based eating. Tips for food, nutrition, shopping. http://truelovehealth.com/2013/12/04/how-to-eat-more-plant-based-meals-handout-now-available/ ….

Eagle Rock backyard yields fresh fruit and food for the hungry http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2013/12/eagle-rock-backyard-yields-fresh-fruit-and-food-for-the-hungry/ …

Native plants: restoring an idea–http://www.patternliteracy.com/116-native-plants-restoring-to-an-idea …

In the U.S., recycling is often pigeonholed as… – Unconsumption http://disq.us/8gf2so 

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Goats in sweaters! http://modernfarmer.com/2013/11/goats-sweaters/ …

Transparent Cabin Built of Wood and Mirrors in California Desert http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/11/transparent-cabin-built-of-wood-and.html#.Upkc7Eg2Ius.twitter …

Evil, Frivolous Gardener!!! | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2013/11/evil-frivolous-gardener.html …

No Queso-Dilla http://plantbasedonabudget.com/recipe/no-queso-dilla/ …

Is there norovirus where you are going? There’s an app for that http://barfblog.com/2013/11/is-there-norovirus-where-you-are-going-theres-an-app-for-that/

The sous vide of the suburbs: Cooking Thanksgiving in the dishwasher http://barfblog.com/2013/11/the-sous-vide-of-the-suburbs-cooking-thanksgiving-in-the-dishwasher/

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Engineering professor Michael Peshkin and his clear whiteboard.

Growin’ things
Wildflower project takes root in Echo Park http://feedly.com/e/pugEWv4Z 

Lost Crops of the Incas http://feedly.com/e/9GygG_Yc 

Reading: Urban Oasis on a Balcony: From Concrete Furnace to Edible Habitat… http://bit.ly/HSeQ6B 

Look at My Big Rock by Evelyn Hadden http://feedly.com/e/0gB_TOO6 

The coolest cucumber you’ve never met: http://modernfarmer.com/2013/11/coolest-cucumber-never-met/ …

Food issues
Americans – why do you keep refrigerating your eggs? http://io9.com/americans-why-do-you-keep-refrigerating-your-eggs-1465309529 …

35 sickened; how did E. coli O121 get into Farm Rich Brand Frozen pizza? Flour http://barfblog.com/2013/11/35-sickened-how-did-e-coli-o121-get-into-farm-rich-brand-frozen-pizza-flour/ …

Cool Designs
Building a Crystal Clear Whiteboard http://feedly.com/e/54gF3j19 

Lock Pick Earrings by GiantEye http://etsy.me/1aASFNh 

Micro-community of tiny homes flourishes on rehabilitated vacant lot http://feedly.com/e/V62jTC8v 

Simple And Delightful Tiny Homes On The Back Of Small Pick-Up Trucks… http://feedly.com/e/EIHJkA8Y

Odd ideas
Betrayers’ Banquet: gourmet dining vs the Prisoner’s Dilemma – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/11/21/betrayers-banquet-gourmet-d.html …

Complete meal cooking with a hotel coffee-maker: http://boingboing.net/2013/11/18/complete-meal-cooking-with-a-h.html …

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