Edible and Tasty Arugula Flowers

...d plant tomatoes and a few other summer veggies. I may keep some of the arugula that has gone to flower a little longer. Why? arugula flower taste great in salads bees love them arugula self seeds readily The flowers, which taste like the leaves, are a reminder of my favorite time of year: arugula season. Each year I curse myself for not planting more arugula. Do you have a favorite edible flower?...

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Saturday Tweets: The Earth Laughs in Flowers

...ttps://t.co/DBZAsfwYuw via @wnep — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 26, 2016 "Smells like trash," replied Tim when I asked him to smell his first starfish plant flower… https://t.co/tFqaB2V6TP pic.twitter.com/p8oaMXYezP — The Horticult (@TheHorticult) August 25, 2016 "The earth laughs in flowers." Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Poet's Garden, Vincent van Gogh, 1888. pic.twitter.com/u8yxJjNck9 — Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) August 21, 2016 how to sha...

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Saturday Tweets: Eating Flowers, Peach Mustard and the Patron Saint of Dentists

.../SLqvn0G9Fh — HarvardPublicHealth (@HarvardChanSPH) August 26, 2018 Eating flowers seems almost heretical. If plants could talk, wouldn't they say, you can look, even sniff, but please don’t wolf down my pretty petals? https://t.co/ldbPSpCSmc — Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) September 1, 2018 Gracias al amor por las bicis, muchos pandilleros dejaron la violencia para apostarle a la paz en la Ciudad de México. pic.twitter.com/gORixD7zG3 — AJ+ Español...

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121 Beekeeping, Fireworks, Solar Power and Extending Wi-Fi with Will of the Weekend Homestead

Will of the Weekend Homestead returns to the Root Simple podcast to talk about how to get into beekeeping without busting the bank, fireworks, rigging up a simple solar power system and extending your wi-fi. During the podcast we discuss: Inexpensive beekeeping. Fireworks. Will’s small solar system. Will on the Garden Fork Podcast discussing his solar power system along with part recommendations. Kill-a-Watt. Cooking with a Sous Vide machine. Bro...

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We’ve taken the flowers out of our hair

...xus SUV at a filling station in Berkeley. More exciting to us was discovering that our base of operations in the Mission was a mere block from the infamous Symbionese Liberation Army safe house where heiress Patty Hearst became urban guerrilla Tanya. We have a feeling we’ll see the return of revolutionary noms de guerre in the coming few years and when that happens we’ll see Tom ditch the SUV for two wheeled transit on Berkeley’s many bicycle boul...

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