Saturday Tweets: Artisinal Junk Food, Wide Streets and Neon Succulents

March 28, 2015

...QMG — Charles Montgomery (@thehappycity) March 27, 2015 When The Artisanal Food Trend Has Gone Too Far http://t.co/Wr0Gq172Kd via @theREALdanmeth @buzzfeed — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 26, 2015 Herbs, Not Ammo: How to Garden With Ammunition Cans http://t.co/XlLC60v34T — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 26, 2015 Don't fall for garden store gimmicks http://t.co/hsmdrXTCuf via @WVgardenguru — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2015 Efficienc...

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Saturday Linkages: Cat Memes, Food Allergies and a Monteverdi Drop

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...How a cat named Smudge’s distaste for salad created one of 2019’s most popular memes Why the world is becoming more allergic to food No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore ‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession DIY Rolling Umbrella Base A 27-year-old Costco fan loves the store so much he got a logo tattooed and had a birthday party in the food court Music break: Lamento della Ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi...

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On the documentary, Fed Up, and giving up sugar

Mrs. Homegrown

May 28, 2014

Food, Reviews

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...for someone already trying to disconnect from the evils of the industrial food system? Well, the message about sugar was news to me. Not that I ever thought that sugar was a health food, but this film lays out how very hard it is on our systems, how sugar, not fat, not lack of exercise, is behind rising obesity rates as well as the rise in type 2 diabetes and a host of related diseases–and most worrisome–how sugar is hidden in almost every prepar...

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Home Orchards for Year Round Food Resiliency

Mr. Homegrown

April 13, 2020

Fruit Trees, Gardening

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...a downloadable version) can be used as a guide to planting for year round food resiliency. Results may vary. Due to a high squirrel population stone fruit doesn’t work well in our yard. But at least I have avocados and the olives I started curing back in October are now ready to eat. In August we’ll have figs and in September more pomegranates than we could possible eat. If the squirrels don’t take them all we might have some apples too. This cha...

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How to Deal With the Dreaded Pantry Moth

Mr. Homegrown

October 15, 2020

Animals, Insects

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...eezer you can put dry goods in there and kill any larvae. Avoid adding new food to old food, if possible. If you’ve got an outbreak UC Davis suggests pulling everything out and inspecting what you’ve got for the telltale signs of infestation: larvae or webbing. Get our you vacuum and suck out the larvae that hide in cracks in your cabinets. These bugs can survive for months without food. Wash cabinets with soap and water. Freeze stuff you’re in do...

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