Hollywood always gets gardens wrong (I’m talking to you, Maze Runner)

...rn, and are usually quite bad, technically speaking. They look like thrift store paintings, or the work left forgotten in the art department hallways after the school term has ended. Ghastly. The statues are always hyper-realistic, created perhaps by casting someone’s face, or modeling them in CG. The result is dang creepy, and not at all historically accurate. As far as sketching goes, drawing styles change over time. It’s really interesting, act...

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Let’s Bring Back Picture Rail

...me. We went with brass chain since we can pick it up at our local hardware store and we’ve got some heavy pictures to hang. You can either hang from one point on the frame or two. If you’ve got tall ceilings you can attach the chain or cord lower on the frame so that the picture tilts downward to make it easier to view. You can stack pictures on the wall by attaching them to each other or by hanging them from individual hooks. Say goodbye to holes...

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Coffee and Tahini Date Balls

...ey can be a bit on the dry side. If you live near a co-op or a health food store with bulk bins full of dates, you’re in good shape as well. And if you live in the right region, you may be able to find them at the farmers’ market. Tahini is a paste made of ground sesame seeds. If you want a large selection of brands, and low prices, go to a Middle Eastern market. But you can also always find tahini in any health food store, and more and more it’s...

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How to Make a Bee Skep

...ldn’t pass this one up. In my mind it goes into my pantheon of epic thrift store finds along with Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space and a classified 16mm film rocket test film from the 1950s. Should you not be so fortunate as to find a skep in your local thrift store, Modern Farmer Magazine has a post on how you can build your own. Looks like a fun project. How skeps are used The following series of videos show how skeps are used. Part 6 document...

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018 Wendy and Mikey of Holy Scrap Hot Springs

...ting Their adventures in biodiesel production 6x6x10 Remesh as a framework for shade cloth over vegetables What failure teaches Wild desert foods How they juice prickly pear fruit “Mad skills” Mikey’s temperature controller for fermentation and sous-vide You can find their store at: store.holyscraphotsprings.com. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can...

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