It’s time to declare a truce with the weeds. As Gerard Manly Hopkins says in his poem “Inversnaid,”
What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and wilderness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
A programming note: my mom is still in the hospital. I’m putting the podcast on hold temporarily and posts will be light for the foreseeable future. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
Just a lil stunt journalism for @Curbed Furniture Week: "12 hours in the biggest Ikea in the U.S. destroyed my soul" https://t.co/ppzX94YxqQ
— Kelsey Keith (@kelseykeith) March 22, 2017
The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' https://t.co/TVjtv9SdrK
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 21, 2017
Behind Lucky Peach’s Closing, Colliding Visions https://t.co/jU5RJ7rsMm
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2017
Fix a Hole in Drywall https://t.co/qxcZfgBxbk
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2017
Turkey splits up fight between roosters https://t.co/xPqOPqRgMU
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2017
We’ve Brought These Stupid ‘Internet of Things’ Hacks Upon Ourselves – https://t.co/BjY67VvYzb
— Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) March 17, 2017
Tahini banana date cake? Yum @ottolenghi https://t.co/Xn8BPTxnyY
— Evan Kleiman (@evankleiman) March 20, 2017
Resist the Internet https://t.co/MYTNVL8XB7
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2017
Live Edge River Coffee Table | How to Build https://t.co/H0rf0PYT6e
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2017
Listen to the sounds of an office, a vinyl record from 1964 https://t.co/GABfqllB2p
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 24, 2017
'My chickens saved my life' https://t.co/So8lOmUUW9 pic.twitter.com/PShnFdFVYh
— Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) March 25, 2017
Man dies after bathtub phone charger shock https://t.co/CCWej4oel4
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 22, 2017
“Autonomous Cars Will Turn Back the Clock on Sustainable Cities” by @PABL0VALERIO https://t.co/nHCyQ1pV4P @Andreas_Egense #dktrp
— KlausBondam (@KlausBondam) March 21, 2017
Irrigation systems should be checked each spring before use to make sure there isn't damage #FixALeakWeek #H2Love pic.twitter.com/Ia9r1Cux5t
— MWD of SoCal (@mwdh2o) March 22, 2017
Don't call them the 'Dark Ages'! See over 160 glorious books which show the sophistication of early medieval England https://t.co/xXlRozbYgG pic.twitter.com/6jcZEDVmfZ
— Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) March 24, 2017
I want to take a moment to thank the staff of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. They were nice enough to invite Root Simple to do a coffee roasting demo and gave us booth space during Nature Fest this past weekend. They were also very compassionate and understanding when I had to leave early on Sunday when my elderly mom was, unexpectedly, hospitalized.
If you’re a local please consider joining the Museum as a member and sign up to find out about the many programs they put on. They are doing amazing work to encourage biodiversity and citizen science.
And a programming note: posting will be light this week as I need to help my mom.
Cardboard Cat Igloo House https://t.co/DOR5W5zK9Y
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017
Bottle Cutting With a Soldering Iron https://t.co/pUOyEQrmPS
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017
DIY Mid-Century Modern Slatted Bench https://t.co/iEG7jLr9Zc
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017
A kid-friendly electronics board that you can program from the web https://t.co/SnSfMrQ579
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2017
Lenin statue loses head in mishap https://t.co/E7mVOGI9EX
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2017
Come down to @NHMLA today or tomorrow and nerd out on @NatureinLA with me + other local nature nerds! pic.twitter.com/jaw9FPkNvJ
— Lila Higgins (@lilamayhiggins) March 18, 2017
Just a reminder that I’ll be at the Natural History Museum’s L.A. Nature Fest this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Root Simple will have a booth in which we’ll be selling copies of our rare and hard to find booklets, done in collaboration with the Ecology Center, on container gardening, rainwater harvesting, bicycle basics, backyard chickens and food preservation. They’ll be priced to fly out of those boxes in my garage! I’ll also be doing a coffee demo at 1pm on both Saturday and Sunday and dispensing free advice in the booth for the entirety of the festival. Please drop by and hang out.
And dig the book racks I built out of scrap plywood! See you this weekend!
