How to Search for Science-Based Gardening Advice

February 24, 2014

...’re in business. A brief search I did with ProQuest of phytoremediation of lead and zinc contaminated soils turned up a lot of interesting peer-reviewed articles with access to the full text. Between Agricola and ProQuest I may be able to get most of the information I need online without having to go to a university library. The librarian also mentioned Worldcat, a kind of catalog of catalogs. With Worlcat you can enter your zip code and search pu...

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Saturday Linkages: Comfrey, a Parking Rock Star and Voracious Worms

Mr. Homegrown

March 22, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...houp-talks-parking-in-berkeley/#.Uyyal0F4Lo4.twitter … Residents Fume Over Lead Contamination of Soil in their Neighborhoods http://la.streetsblog.org/2014/03/20/im-a-teacher-im-pregnant-im-worried-residents-fume-over-lead-contamination-of-soil-in-their-neighborhoods/#.UyyaMvrmk2E.twitter … How to Age Wood Tutorial – http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/how-to-age-wood-tutorial-guest-post-from-que-linda … Dog Portrait from Corrugated Cardboard by...

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Saturday Linkages: Expensive Grapes, Martha Stewart’s Drones and Sunscreen

Mr. Homegrown

July 12, 2014

Picture Sundays

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...nes via http://boingboing.net/2014/07/10/martha-stewart-digs-drones.html … Lead abatement, a wise economic and public health investment http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/lead-abatement-wise-economic-public-health-investment-report-finds/ … Can using sunscreen increase your risk of dying? http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/can-using-sunscreen-increase-risk-dying/ … New York’s Oldest Phone Number : Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just di...

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Getting Out of Your Head

Mr. Homegrown

October 8, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...lity is only comprehensible through internal mental imagery. Idealism will lead you to skepticism about the nature of reality which will, in turn, send you on a trajectory towards the absurd musings of Elon Musk who, apparently, can’t tell if he’s living in a simulation. People who wonder if they are in a simulation tend not to be the people who garden, dig ditches, weld things, read this blog or form meaningful face to face communities. It should...

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Eating the Void: On Making a Raw Café Gratitude Chocolate Hazelnut Pie

Mr. Homegrown

September 15, 2021

Food

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...A pull quote next the the I Am Bliss recipe enjoins me to “Consider that a leader always apologizes first and takes 100% responsibility. Where in your life can you take the lead?” It turns out that the owners of Café Gratitude call it a “a school of transformation disguised as a cafe” and have, allegedly, forced employees to attend culty Landmark Forum seminars. During the pandemic I watched several acquaintances go from this new agey/business ont...

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