Garage becomes house.

Tiny Houses
Cozy Carpark: 250-Square-Foot Home Inside Old Garage | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/totally-cozy-250-square-foot-home-from-old-garage/ …

Losing Everything–Starting Over with a Tiny House http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/01/losing-everythingstarting-over-with.html#.UOMxMX2ZB28.twitter …

Cookin’
Vegetarian Recipe: Fennel alla Parmigiana http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2013/01/vegetarian-recipe-fennel-alla-parmigiana/#.UOdd3dpPfss.twitter …

News
Leaded gasoline and the 20th-century crime wave: http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/leaded-gasoline-and-the-20th-c.html …

USDA internal discussions of Pink Slime revealed:”We are taking a beating from the media” – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/usda-internal-discussions-of-p.html …

@itspastormatt How Doctors Die: Not Like the Rest of Ushttp://ow.ly/gypnB 

Closing Quote
Buñuel martini recipe: allow “a ray of sunlight to shine through a bottle of Noilly Prat before it hits the bottle of gin.”

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Design
Couch made out of old rowboat: http://www.dudecraft.com/2012/12/all-at-sea.html …

Chickens in the News
Pet chicken alerts family about house fire http://www.weau.com/home/headlines

VW Chicken Coop Scale Model http://www.dudecraft.com/2012/12/vw-chicken-coop-scale-model.html …

Gardening
What a Little Paint Can Do In Your Garden | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/12/what-a-little-paint-can-do.html …

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by TimothySanders. Based on Tom and Lyanda’s Chicken coop.

DIY
Infographic: How To Build Tom and Lyanda’s Backyard Chicken Coop http://thetanglednest.com/2012/12/infographic-how-to-build-our-coop/ …

An easy way to make moonshine: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/an-easy-way-to-make-moonshine.html …

Pastoral Pavilion: Eco-Friendly Retreat Meets Regional Style | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/pastoral-pavilion-eco-friendly-retreat-meets-regional-style/ …

Gardening
Loving David Culp’s Layered Garden. Scheming to see the garden. | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/12/loving-david-culps-layered-garden-scheming-to-see-the-garden.html …

The story of Mission grapes: http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/1942

Signs of the Mayan Apocalypse
Cigarette company endorses apples: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/cigarette-company-endorses-app.html …

Mercury in seafood: Where does it come from? http://grist.org/food/mercury-in-seafood-where-does-it-come-from/#.UM036EuO8V8.twitter …

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Aviary Alphabet: Birdhouses Shaped Like Letters http://dornob.com/aviary-alphabet-birdhouses-shaped-like-letters/ …

How much does it cost to decorate your house with Christmas lights?: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/10/how-much-does-it-cost-to-decor.html …

Archaeologists Find Ancient Evidence Of Cheese-Making http://n.pr/TUyVLZ

New Research Links Pesticides in Tap Water to Rise in Food Allergies http://inhabitat.com/new-research-links-pesticides-in-tap-water-to-rise-in-food-allergies/ …

The world’s worst cookbooks: http://yuckylicious.blogspot.com

Does Costco Destroy Baby Manatees? MoJo’s Eco-Doom Headline Generator http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/mother-jones-fake-headline-generator …

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Sedum stump via The Garden Professor’s Blog.

Gardening

Cool gift idea–plant a sedum stump: http://ow.ly/1PQqq2

Nature Meets Video

Chicken as steadycam: http://n.pr/11bA7gl

Fantastic slow motion video of sprinting cheetahs – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/fantastic-flow-motion-video-of.html …

DIY Livin’

Sun Ray Kelly: An Ungated Community http://nyti.ms/Ut6Tb5

Modest Student Micro-Cottage is a Mere 12 Square Meters | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/modest-student-micro-cottage-is-a-mere-12-square-meters/ …

Emergency Shelters http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2012/11/emergency-shelters.html#.ULPceX88vHE.twitter …

Read and Relax in the Sculptural Bookworm Chair | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/read-and-relax-on-the-sculptural-bookworm-chair/ …

Holy Crap!

GRANTHAM: We’re Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions http://www.businessinsider.com/were-headed-for-a-disaster-of-biblical-proportions-2012-11?0=bi …

The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break, and what won’t | The Economist http://econ.st/KAOPVc

Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee http://n.pr/Rlasks

Why Phoenix is becoming more like Minneapolis: http://nyti.ms/V3Nwlo

Central Valley residents tired of receiving L.A.’s urban waste – Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/la-me-central-valley-20121126,0,3069632.story …

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