Saturday Tweets: Subterranean Heating Systems, Achocha, Tree Beekeeping and Valentine’s Day Cocktails

February 11, 2017

...11, 2017 Raspberry Frappe, 1970 –Vintage Cocktail Friday https://t.co/jeodIFxf47 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 11, 2017 6 Flowers to Grow in the Vegetable Garden https://t.co/wcRz7RcI4g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 11, 2017 A Coffee Renaissance Is Brewing, and It’s All Thanks to Genetics https://t.co/kPIhPeKBpP via @WIRED — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 4, 2017 The False Preacher [Morgan, MS M.892.3] pic.twitter.com/Jt0prZRfCR...

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Designing the World’s Most Pretentious Garden Shed

Mr. Homegrown

September 13, 2016

Design, Gardening

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...risis I couldn’t help but admire the design. For ideas I thumbed through a coffee table book of 18th century French revolutionary architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux’s oddball sketches But fabricating a waterproof sphere from used headboards and pallets is beyond my carpentry abilities. Nevertheless, I came up with a few scribbles: Thankfully, most of my thoughtstylings stay in the sketchbook like the idea of a 20-foot tall observation chair on top of...

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Relax and Enjoy the Soft Caress of the Fun Fur

Mr. Homegrown

July 22, 2019

Design

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...iftwood was mandatory prior to 1980. At the very least you had a driftwood coffee table. Only the upper crust had a driftwood throne like this one. Who knew you could make a kid burrito with 70s fiber art? I do like the idea of sleepable art. This kid, however, looks terrified and/or trapped in her 70s sculptural play environment. Someone please suggest the right prog rock concept album to listen to in this chair. You’ll need to relax after the te...

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Our new front yard: history

Mrs. Homegrown

November 11, 2015

Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening

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...event you want to learn the history of our front yard while you drink your coffee, read on. Considering the site First, a brief description of the site. Our front yard consists of a garage partially embedded in a hillside, a concrete staircase of 30 stairs, and between these two things, a slope. The slope is what needs attention. The slope is fairly small. The area under renovation measures roughly 15 feet wide by 20 feet deep, and is broken into...

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Saturday Tweets: Cool Instructables

Mr. Homegrown

July 18, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...Mine and work your own clay http://t.co/lOjq1PEdip — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 15, 2015 An Awesome LED PVC Pipe Light http://t.co/lnm3xHwin4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 15, 2015 NOAA Satellite Signals with a PVC QFH Antenna and Laptop http://t.co/JM4WmyWAt8 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 15, 2015 Coffee Cold Brewer http://t.co/SLDZUIPpve — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 15, 2015...

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