Saturday Tweets: 12 Hours in an Ikea, Bike Helmets, How to Fix Drywall and Much More

March 25, 2017

...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 aft...

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Wonderful Worms

Homegrown Neighbor

May 22, 2009

Vermiculture

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...nd decided to wait. Composting is all about balance. I knew I had thrown off the equilibrium of my worm composting system. After about five days of just letting the bin do its thing I started by slowly adding just my morning coffee grounds. I put down a thick layer of shredded newspaper to keep any more flies from getting in. After about two weeks I had restored the balance, the larvae were gone and the worms and I have lived happily ever after....

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I Ate 100 Power Bars

Mr. Homegrown

March 12, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...n. Patagonia is selling food. Crossfit bros love butter and coconut filled coffee and flavored beef jerky. Bicycles are being used as a symbol of hipness in convention booth displays. “Regenerative agriculture” has been appropriated as the latest buzz-phrase by large food companies. Every natural food product is labeled either “pro-biotic” or “pre-biotic.” If one could distill all those booths down to one item you’d end up with a pro-biotic turmer...

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Saturday Tweets: Passover/Holy Saturday Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...n families‘ Seder tables include a Haggadah made by Maxwell House—yes, the coffee company. This is so interesting! https://t.co/0q9vMAR1de — Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) March 31, 2018 The Balls pic.twitter.com/b9InqHr0A4 — Evan Kleiman (@evankleiman) March 31, 2018 "I kissed silver birches and held long conversations with hawthorn trees, until we reached a philosophical impasse and parted ways…." from NETTLE-EATER, out with @thehedgepress. Onl...

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Saturday Tweets: A Big Excuse to Post Cats with Mustaches

Mr. Homegrown

July 28, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...weatshop https://t.co/svVoG5rTSm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 27, 2018 Coffee lids: new book on the elegant design of a modern scourge https://t.co/VPvtWrFYwj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2018 There has been a 90% decline in the Monarch #butterfly population in the last 20 years, but you can help save them!https://t.co/SFh3AN9IBQ — Theresa Loe (@TheresaLoe) July 27, 2018 Are you saving fresh summer herbs? If not, you should- and here’s...

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