Saturday Tweets: Too Many Tweets!

March 9, 2019

...i Kraut! https://t.co/og1x4tenop — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 9, 2019 Build a Border Wall? Here’s an Idea That’s Better for Communities and the Climate https://t.co/uLJ6KbXkpa — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 9, 2019 I’m a sucker for simple, traditional Midwestern architecture – It’s still beyond me why we stopped building this stuff. Here’s where to buy prints: https://t.co/GU0X0ESg8W pic.twitter.com/zvNxNkdr25 — Nate Hood (@natehoodstp) Ma...

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I Built a Harvey Ellis Dresser and it Almost Killed Me

Mr. Homegrown

October 26, 2018

Design

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...kes for a much cheaper product but an unhappy worker. I made many mistakes building my Ellis dresser. It was, by far, the most complex object I’ve ever built (including nine dovetailed drawers that had to be precisely fit to within 1/32 of an inch). I won’t bore you with the long list of errors, but the biggest one was not having a precise plan for the details of the inside of the dresser. There are many different ways to handle the inside of cabi...

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Saturday Linkages: Can We Please Have More Underpass Chandeliers?

Mr. Homegrown

February 1, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...ly.com/e/lPhvrdNB Meet the Bakers: Louie and Clinton Prager http://feedly.com/e/KsUR-_dv Poultry Show Common Sense http://feedly.com/e/YNk88kWG Bee Colony Adapts to Human Environmental Impact by Using Plastic to Build Nests http://inhabitat.com/bee-colony-adapts-to-human-environmental-impact-by-using-plastic-to-build-nests/ … Thin Wall Earthbag — 10x Faster than Typical Earthbag http://feedly.com/e/ulUxRdow...

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Permaculture Design Course at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2014

Events

...nutrient cycle overview (nitrogen, carbon cycles), soil science overview, building biomass- focus in permaculture, keeping backyard chickens, composting methods workshop / build a worm bin MAY 11 / ENERGY + SHELTER – Passive solar design, walk through an energy audit, how to read a utility bill, ‘going solar,’ tour of energy-efficient home, design an alternative energy plan for your own energy-efficient home / home-scale energy audit MAY 31 / DES...

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In Defense of the Paper Wasp

Mr. Homegrown

March 18, 2014

Animals, Insects

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...though there are many different kinds of paper wasps). Paper wasps like to build their small nests under the eaves of the house. Their diet consists of caterpillars, flies and beetles—anything that eats those kinds of bugs are a friend of mine. Nests consist of around 30 to 40 wasps–workers, queens and drones. They are much less aggressive than hornets and yellowjackets. How I stopped worrying and learned to love the paper wasp Of course, sometime...

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