Saturday Tweets: Ginger Bug, Vegetable Soup Base and a Zero Cost House

January 30, 2016

...tter.com/6gTMQobBIF — Emily Han (@misschiffonade) January 30, 2016 Next in Garden Flag-Making: Rit Dyes and Stencils | Garden Rant https://t.co/HeYi0LpkyQ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 30, 2016 Homemade Vegetable Soup Base https://t.co/rNFjnGp4kp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 30, 2016 DIY Chimney Sweeping https://t.co/LcF3J3PJk6 via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 30, 2016 DIY termite treatment-anyone know if this...

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Saturday Tweets: How about we all make some beer vinegar in a thatched dome?

Mr. Homegrown

February 27, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...atch https://t.co/xBRYowES23 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 27, 2016 Garden Flags with Shibori and Permanent Dye | Garden Rant https://t.co/O003TFYcqL — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 26, 2016 The world's most frugal man: https://t.co/iraYtFUj2W via @NickPaumgarten — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 26, 2016 Hand-Drawn Voronoi Diagrams https://t.co/256TNWtvjs — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 25, 2016 Make Sliding Barn Doors Usi...

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Weekend Tweets: Stressing Out Plants, Jerry Baker is Still a Quack and Flower Studded Lawns

Mr. Homegrown

April 9, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...oot Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 #TBT: Jerry Baker, Still Quacking | Garden Rant https://t.co/vbCUM4Qnjz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 Perils of Plantsmanship | Garden Rant https://t.co/4gKWgNGCbT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 Ambient “hipster” lifestyle soundtracks https://t.co/hiB6ujv5Fs pic.twitter.com/l1GyONoTgl — Xeni (@xeni) April 8, 2016 Alexander the Great explores the sea with a cat and a cock pic.twitter.com...

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Weekend Tweets: The Orchid Mantis, Self-sufficiency and Self Driving Cars

Mr. Homegrown

April 16, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...th kids.https://t.co/bHcwsBuxo1 https://t.co/TmcHaRrCH8 — Garden Therapy (@Garden_Therapy) April 14, 2016 Via @NPR: Gardens Don’t Tend Themselves: Portraits Of The People Behind LA’s Luxury https://t.co/KRfVJ23ckS — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 12, 2016 DIY Barbecue Table https://t.co/xr3BvSK6Ea — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 12, 2016 LA: a city of bike lanes that don’t go anywhere: https://t.co/DUJx39OHDN @mitchofarrell @gilcedillo — Root S...

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Should I Put Coffee Grounds in a Worm Bin?

Mr. Homegrown

May 3, 2016

Composting, Gardening, Vermiculture

8 Comments

...s probably not going to kill the worms. But, in a discussion thread on the Garden Professor’s Facebook group speculating about what percentage of coffee grounds would be safe to use, I found myself agreeing with Raymond Eckhart who says, In the absence of peer reviewed literature as to what percentage is acceptable, the cautious approach is to avoid it altogether, is my takeaway. If and when someone studies the issue to determine a safe percentage...

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