085 Rishi Kumar: Abundance in Suburbia

May 18, 2016

...mini) Sheet mulching Growing fruit trees close togther Raccoons! Quail and chickens Water harvesting vs. rain barrels How the Growing Home became the Growing Club, Sarvodaya Farms and the Growing Commons. May 28th greywater workshop. Many thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this podcast and blog possible. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You...

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088 Eric of Garden Fork TV on Raised Beds, Coleslaw and Deep Frying

Mr. Homegrown

June 29, 2016

Food, Gardening, Podcasts

...te Garden Fork. We talk about using pressure treated wood for raised beds, making coleslaw and Eric’s adventures in deep frying (bacon wrapped grilled cheese!) among other topics. During our conversation Eric mentions: The Garden Fork Youtube channel Pressure treated wood video Homemade pallet breaker How to build raised beds How to make coleslaw OXO salad spinner Bacon grilled cheese sandwich Deep fried Twinkies Donuts made from biscuit dough 360...

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The Known Unknown

Mr. Homegrown

June 8, 2020

Thoughtstylings

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...sn’t the added physical danger of having to work as say a nurse or grocery store clerk. Images on TV or the interwebs of the “before time” when we could all gather in groups safely seem surreal, like a long lost memory. Of course, people have been gathering in large groups in the past week for what I consider to be a worthwhile cause. But I live with someone who is likely vulnerable to Covid and who takes care of a relative who is definitely vulne...

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FlicFloc Flak

Mr. Homegrown

January 26, 2015

Food, Wheat

11 Comments

...$30 USD. I had one of these crackers for years (it’s headed to the thrift store on account of our recent decluttering). I’ve never liked it. It’s poorly made. The hopper never fit onto the rest of the unit. It must be disassembled to clean. Most importantly, here’s the difference when flaking oats between my inexpensive grain cracker and the FlicFloc: On the left are some oats run through the cracker versus oats, on the right, run through the Fli...

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A Better Garage Organizational System

Mr. Homegrown

January 14, 2019

Design, Domesticus, Tidying up

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...century. You can still pick some up at almost every lumber yard or big box store here in the U.S. But here’s the thing. It sucks. Even with the little plastic doodads that are supposed to keep the metal hooks from falling out, in my experience, half the time you you go to retrieve a tool off the wall the damn metal pegs fall out. This past week, inspired by an article in Fine Woodworking by Jason Stephens, I decided to put all my furniture buildin...

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