Saturday Linkages: Sidewalk Koi, Papercrete, Jaywalking and How to Grow Fresh Air

August 3, 2013

...to-grow-fresh-air/ … Secret Garden of Survival – How to Grow a Camouflaged Food Forest http://www.naturalbuildingblog.com/secret-garden-of-survival-how-to-grow-a-camouflaged-food-forest/ … How Flora Grubb and an Airport DJ Saved My Soul by Allen Bush http://gardenrant.com/2013/07/how-flora-grubb-and-an-airport-dj-saved-my-soul.html?utm_source=feedly … Troubles On Rooftops, a Rival for Utilities http://nyti.ms/15luRcD The Invention of Jaywalking Wa...

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Saturday Linkages: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions

Mr. Homegrown

October 20, 2012

Saturday Linkages

...… Thoughtstylings Heirloom Apples, Heritage Orchards & Cideries Bring Back Food Diversity and Jobs to Our Communities http://j.mp/VkvZvh World Food Day: A Franciscan Prayer Service on Behalf of Farmers, Farmworkers & Fishers in a Year of Drought http://j.mp/VkvRfl Zen saying: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions. Health and Fitness Fencing may help improve some cognitive functions in older people – Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.co...

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Climate Change and Personal Responsibility

Mrs. Homegrown

June 28, 2013

Age of Limits, Thoughtstylings

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...Life on the Planet Permanently vs. Riding the Bus (or committing to local food or flying less or setting your thermostat low or buying used clothing or whatever equally scary measure you’d like to propose) It really doesn’t seem like such a hard choice to make. It may indeed be politically unfeasible. I’ve long stopped looking to the national level for meaningful action or leadership. But we can do a lot on a personal level. We can start a people...

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The Connection Between Human Health and Soil Health

Mr. Homegrown

September 20, 2013

Food, Gardening, Soil

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...ue of eggs from chickens raised on pasture. It seems obvious that there’s a connection between the health of a farm and our own health. Biodiverse soils produce healthier, more nutritious food. And way too much of the food we eat comes from farms where the soil is treated as a sterile growing medium. As Miller notes, “We are the soil.”...

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Saturday Linkages: Cheapskates and Controversy!

Mr. Homegrown

May 11, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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What happens when you Instagram airline food. Photo by John Walton. Cheapskates Three Friends Make An Attempt to ‘Live Below the Line’ http://thebillfold.com/2013/05/three-friends-make-an-attempt-to-live-below-the-line/ … How to make a cake pan banjo: http://boingboing.net/2013/05/10/how-to-make-a-cake-pan-banjo-u.html … Controversy Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? http://www.salon.com/2013/04/28/is_michael_pollan_a_sexist_pig/ … In Defense of Mic...

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