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Saturday Linkages: Well Tended Fires, Gardening Myths and a Spartan House

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Saturday Linkages
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....to/kSevPBG ‘Hobbit house’ set to be knocked down http://bit.ly/1qttpPH 10 Gardening Myths Busted! http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20815937,00.html … One for the honey: Beekeeping frame storage – IKEA Hackers http://po.st/IdBwgN A very low tech hearing aid: http://tinyurl.com/knbhgxr Spartan House http://smallhouseswoon.com/spartan-house/ Something for @gilcedillo: What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse |...

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Saturday Tweets: Naked Gardening Day Edition

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Saturday Linkages
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...6 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 30, 2015 Are you ready for world naked gardening day? http://t.co/QRDcDWRvSn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 1, 2015 Research confirms inadequacy of codpieces in TV version of Wolf Hall http://t.co/iG9vGdUbIG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 1, 2015 Via @Gawker, a TN school serves its students 6-year-old pork. “Cover it with gravy to give it a better taste.” http://t.co/Bs09iyxS7Q — Lisa Lucas Talbot (@snailwrang...

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Best Practices for Gardening in Contaminated Soil

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Gardening, Lead
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...neral root vegetables uptake the most lead, leafy greens less and fruit almost none. The most conservative approach is to grow in raised beds. The main concern is for children under 5 years old. If your soil tests high in lead and you have young ones you should consider doing your edible gardening in raised beds and limit their exposure to garden soils to a few times a month. Mulch and ground covers will also decrease lead exposure in the other pa...

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105 GardenNerd’s Tips for Organic Gardening Success

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Gardening, Podcasts, Vegetable Gardening
..., who returns this week to discuss her new ebook 400 Plus Tips for Organic Gardening Success. As you might guess we touch on a lot of topics and tips including: Monarch VR CropSwap Time Banking Homestead Hamlet Repair Cafés Sandflex Almanac.com Epic Seeds Baker Creek Seed Savers Exchange Renee’s Garden Summer Spinach National Heirloom Expo Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry Keeping tomatoes healthy mid-season Powdery mildew When to harvest tomatoes Extend...

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