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My Favorite Minimal Shoes: Vivo Barefoot

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Fitness
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...tread lightly and, with each step, your foot will grow stronger. On Speck’s suggestion I took a “cold turkey” approach to the barefoot/minimal shoe lifestyle. It felt strange and was painful at first, but gradually the plantar faciitis that I was suffering from has greatly dissipated. Vivo Barefoot isn’t the only minimal shoe company. Kelly is fond of her Lems. Do you have a favorite minimal shoe? Leave a comment! Save Save Save...

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My Favorite Lettuce Mix

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Gardening, Seeds, Vegetable Gardening
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...es. It is also well worth growing. Franchi has several other mesclun mixes that I’m looking forward to trying. Unlike other seed companies you get a lot of seeds on one package–enough to plant a farm. I’ve had good luck with germination, as well. In the US, Franchi seeds are available through Seeds From Italy at www.growitalian.com....

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Saturday Tweets: Plant Embroidery, Surfing and Drinking Hummingbirds

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Whimsical plant embroidery that extends beyond the hoop https://t.co/8PiTnoUpvp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 29, 2017 First point Noosa from above https://t.co/q8T0Y0o0ab via via @lloydkahn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 2, 2017 Set Turning of Shawo Wooden Bowl https://t.co/IxabwpT5B7 via @YouTube — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 2, 2017 Mind the Gap https://t.co/FnWm3bcTaG via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Decemb...

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Bidens rebuttal

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Gardening, Least Favorite Plant
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...er our encounter with the seed did we finally get serious about ID-ing the plant. As Erik mentions in his post, the Facebook group Plant Identification told us it was some type of Bidens, and after further poking around I’m going to tentatively identify it as Bidens biternata. Finally, as our commenters noted, it is a medicinal plant (And, as another reader pointed out, Bidens aurea makes a natural red/pink/orange dye). I can’t comment much on it’...

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