137 Corona Crisis With Johnny of Granola Shotgun

March 30, 2020

Johnny’s bulk grain. Image: Granola Shotgun. Johnny Sanphillippo of the blog Granola Shotgun dropped by the Root Simple podcast today to talk about a lifestyle that’s proving useful in our troubled times. I decided to put this podcast out quickly so please excuse the less than ideal audio on my end. During our conversation we discuss Johnny’s most recent blog post, “Recipes for Disaster,” which covers his tips and tricks for living frugally and b...

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Saturday Linkages: Flee Past’s Ape Elf

Mr. Homegrown

February 22, 2020

Saturday Linkages

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...6 Changes You May See As A Hen Ages – Hobby Farms The Whole-Grain Grail: A Sandwich Bread With Mass Appeal Fridges are not cool The LED status light problem Wuhan’s cat rescuer: the man saving pets abandoned during coronavirus outbreak Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street–what could go wrong? Please don’t cut up your missal...

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099 The Amazing Sourdough Breads of Guy Frenkel

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2017

Bread, Fermentation, Food, Podcasts

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...nkel is one of the most talented bakers I’ve met. If you’ve seen his whole grain, sourdough breads in Instagram (@Ceorbread) and Facebook you’ll know why I had to interview him. During the podcast we talk about his unique baking techniques such as yeast water, stencils and colored doughs. Even if you’re not a baker you’ll be inspired by Guy’s enthusiasm, persistence and creativity. Here are the links Guy mentions: Guy’s yeast water pdf farmer Larr...

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Mortise and Tenon Magazine

Mr. Homegrown

October 22, 2018

Design

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...odworking and home building rags and I now spend my evenings pondering the grain orientation of drawers. To further my interest in traditional woodworking, I just signed up for the twice a year Mortise and Tenon Magazine. As is fitting for a magazine that focuses on craftsmanship, Mortise and Tenon, edited by Joshua Klein, is itself a work graphic design artistry. In the current issue woodworker Kate Fox turns a neighborhood tree that had to come...

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News From Nowhere

Mr. Homegrown

May 25, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...sure, his amusement, his education” – his life, in short – did not weigh a grain of sand in the balance against this dire necessity of `cheap production’ of things, a great part of which were not worth producing at all. Nay, we are told, and we must believe it, so overwhelming is the evidence, though many of our people scarcely can believe it, that even rich and powerful men, the masters of the poor devils aforesaid, submitted to live amidst sight...

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