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What are trees worth?

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Fruit Trees, Gardening, Nature Awareness, Permaculture, Thoughtstylings, Trees
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...storm water, they pull the filth from our streets into the soil, and the soil cleans it, pro bono. (This is one of the many benefits of healthy soil, another important player in environmental health.) If that storm water runs unchecked, it just dumps all of the oil and fertilizer and insecticides and poo straight into the nearest waterway. Trees absorb and store carbon, directly mitigating climate change–and they indirectly mitigate the change as...

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The Best Way to Bake Pizza in a Home Oven

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Food
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...n safe skillet (I like cast iron) over high heat on a burner. Put a little oil in the pan. 2. Plop your shaped dough into the skillet. Top your pizza while it cooks in the skillet for three minutes. 3. After three minutes stick it under the broiler for another three more minutes or until done. That’s it. This method works much better than trying to bake pizza on a pizza stone. 4. Take the pizza out and let it cool down for a minute. Then slice and...

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A Cure for Plantar Faciitis?

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Fitness
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...ndicate which worthless, expensive supplements (including rancid cod liver oil) I needed to buy. She also waved a kind of pimped-out laser pointer around my heel. That was also pointless. In the end I talked to another chiropractor I trust who is an ultra-marathoner and fellow PF sufferer. She admitted that she can’t fix PF and that’s why she’s a good chiropractor. The Cure What seems to be working is giving my feet a heavy dose of antifragility....

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Hidey Holes and Hooch Hounds

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Design
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...he walls. He even had his own bowling alley in the basement adjacent to a speakeasy cleverly hidden behind a roll up wall. Both were restored for the film There Will Be Blood. Prohibition sparked a lot of creativity in the 1920s even among those with fewer resources than Ned Doheny. I sometimes wonder if the trend for built in ironing boards and breakfast nook benches in 1920s era homes had a dual purpose? I also wonder if we’ll see another hidden...

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Our New Linoleum Floor

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Design
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...erials, but real linoleum refers to a product made with solidified linseed oil, wood flour. Forbo’s product is backed with jute. What the old floor looked like. Fifteen years ago I installed the linoleum in our kitchen myself. This was a big mistake. Installing a floor like this is a highly skilled job best left to professionals. The crew, certified by Forbo, did a much better job getting the tiles snug, while leaving room at the edges (covered by...

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