One Year of Gardening in Four Minutes

April 24, 2013

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApOtv2bPElw Root Simple reader Brad Hiebert sent along a note and a link to a really nice video he made. Brad says, “I documented my family’s attempts at growing our own food in a local community garden….. It’s one year in 4 minutes.” Thanks Brad!...

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Saturday Linkages: Beer Caps n’ Plants

Mr. Homegrown

April 6, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...boing.net/2013/04/02/lecture-on-stone-wall-building.html … Plants! Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land http://j.mp/12r218m Transmitted light photos of houseplants: http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2013/04/exceptionally-pretty-pictures.htmlntsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2013/04/except… … grounded design by Thomas Rainer: Noel Kingsbury: The Ghost in the Machine http://landscapeofmeaning.blogspot.com/2013/04/noel-kingsbury-gho...

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On the Difficulty of Finding Pastured Animal Products

Mr. Homegrown

March 12, 2013

Animals

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...entury technology? Just think about how cool it would be to make use of webcams so you could trace and see the farm your food came from....

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One Secret for Delicious Soup–A Parmesan Cheese Rind

Mrs. Homegrown

February 27, 2013

Food, How-to

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Our cats seem to sneak into every food related photo session. This is simple, but it works so very well. If you use real Parmesan cheese, like Parmigiano-Reggiano, save those rock-hard rinds. They are magic flavor bombs. All you do is add them to soup or bean dishes. Add them at the start of cooking, because they need a good long while to soften up and release their flavor goodness. They don’t make the dish taste cheesy, but rather add that elusi...

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Saturday Linkages: Of Granola and Turlets

Mr. Homegrown

February 23, 2013

Saturday Linkages

...a The New Granola http://nyti.ms/132CUM5 Coconut Quinoa Granola http://www.foodinjars.com/2013/02/coconut-quinoa-granola/ … Foraging Winter Purslane: http://dirttime.com/?p=2876 Potty Talk Hey, Science: Can You Eat Your Own Poop? – http://gawker.com/5985723/can-you-eat-your-own-poop … How to Install a Toilet | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2013/02/06/how-to-install-a-toilet/ … DIY Wax Seals: A History and How-To | The Art of Manli...

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