076 Keeping Your Poultry Healthy with Dr. Maurice Pitesky

February 17, 2016

...UC Davis poultry resource website, a backyard poultry census that you can take part in, and the UC Davis pastured poultry farm research project. We also discuss some simple measures you can take to keep your poultry free of disease as well as how to safely cook eggs and meat. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You cansubscribe to our podcast in the iTune...

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Meet the Amazing Sierra Newt

Mrs. Homegrown

March 22, 2016

Animals, Nature Awareness

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...he newt. When they decide it is time to meet a special friend and lay some eggs together, the newt returns to the pool from which they hatched–or tries to, since it might be difficult with all the pools in the Sierras drying up–but my guy found his way to the stream, and perhaps was napping, waiting for his lady newt to come by. But here’s the best part–he was breathing through his skin. The gills he had as a baby are long gone, traded for fledgli...

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A Tour of the Homegrown Evolution Compound

Mr. Homegrown

April 13, 2008

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...les. But, we seldom buy greens at the store, and almost never buy herbs or eggs–we’ve got that taken care of in the garden. In the summer we have lots of tomatoes, and right now we have a few avocados. When the fruit trees mature in a few years we’ll have fruit. We’re hippies. Don’t get us wrong, we love hippies. We have no problems with cob ovens shaped like psychedelic snails, but that just ain’t our style. We’ve tried to keep things low key, ju...

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Saturday Tweets: Root Simple’s Miscellanies

Mr. Homegrown

August 26, 2017

Saturday Linkages

...gust 22, 2017 Neonicotinoid Insecticides Stop Queen Bumblebees from Laying Eggs, Raising Extinction Concerns https://t.co/7v9yEBLzpw — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2017 Dust Bowl Era Conservationist Aldo Leopold’s Beloved House: https://t.co/34G080f8qh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2017 Verdigris historically used as a pigment tends to form on old pins. This painting was made using verdigris from the Hope collections #sciart pic.t...

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2014: The Year in Review

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...April Easter Lessons Kelly wrote about a troubled project involving dyeing eggs with natural materials. Natural dyes are a subject that interests us both, and I suspect we’ll revisit this topic in 2015. May On the Documentary Fed Up and Giving up Sugar and the Debut of our Podcast We went to a screening of Fed Up and immediately gave up sugar. Or, should I say, Kelly gave up sugar and I cheated. As I write this I’m snacking on Christmas chocolates...

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