Saturday Linkages: Modem Sounds, HOAs, and Hand Counting

September 10, 2016

...#LANHM #ilovetrees — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 2, 2016 New #DIY video, how to install a french drain https://t.co/GhECVKebAj — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) September 9, 2016 Guide to Videos about Fall Crops and Harvesting | Garden Rant https://t.co/T0039laoKi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2016 Finger Counting Vat. pal. lat. 1449, 9th c. pic.twitter.com/oTakGTfcqb — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 10, 2016...

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The Wonder of Worms

Mrs. Homegrown

May 21, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Vermiculture

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...cat boxes! We’ve written about worms a few times here already, so I won’t repeat myself, just point to the links: For beginners, see Getting Started with Worms See our worm bin here: My Big Fat Worm Bin A post on harvesting and managing our bin: Maintaining a Worm Bin Erik and I talk about worms in this episode of our podcast: 015 Worm Composting and Skunks And last but not least, The Fine Art of Worm Grunting...

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An Awareness of What is Missing

Mr. Homegrown

June 18, 2015

Thoughtstylings

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..., as this blog has lost ground to the short attention span and creepy data harvesting tentacles of Facebook and other social media platforms. So what can we do? Perhaps it’s futile, but I thought I’d devote some time in the next few weeks to developing skills that run counter to the prevailing technological winds. I’m hoping to, as George Clinton put it, “Free my mind so my ass will follow.” At the very least I’d like to enhance my own skills in t...

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We are all gardeners

Mrs. Homegrown

April 2, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Thoughtstylings

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Pomo woman harvesting seeds, 1924, by Edward Curtis After a break for camping and other things, I’m returning to the series of posts I initiated a couple of weeks ago under the heading, Back to the Garden. While this series is meant to be practical, I have a little more “thoughtstyling” as we say around here before I turn to the hands-on material. Look for new series entries every Thursday. We are all gardeners. What does this mean? It’s a saying...

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Peat Moss is Gardening Crack

Mr. Homegrown

August 13, 2015

Gardening

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...es/publications/factsheet/pub__9468201.pdf http://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/horticultural-peat.pdf http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/Environmental/Media_Nutrition/COIR%20potential.htm When I put this article in Facebook, Renate sent a picture of what peat harvesting looks like in Nartum, Germany near where she grew up: Leave it to us humans to make a desert in Germany! We’ve experimented with mixes of coir and compost but...

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