Saturday Linkages: Rammed Earth, Vanilla Ice and Moonshine

Best idea of the week. Image: Natural Building Blog Smokeless Rammed Earth Stove http://feedly.com/e/3e4xRBr8 Ice Goes Amish: http://modernfarmer.com/2014/02/vanilla-ice-amish-farmer/ … Plastic debris for brains http://www.honeybeesuite.com/plastic-debris-for-brains/ … RiYL podcast 041: Colin Spoelman, moonshine maker: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/riyl-podcast-041-colin-spoelm.html … Brazil’s new dietary guidelines: food-based! http://feedly....

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Saturday Linkages: A Close Shave, Building Codes and Protected Bike Lanes

Image: Garden Professor’s Blog. Should you shave tree roots? http://blogs.extension.org/gardenprofessors/2014/06/02/another-close-shave/ … Building Codes and the Self Built Mortgage Free Home http://wp.me/p4fosC-fx Can These $20,000 Houses Save the American Dream http://tinyurl.com/o8vp8a8 Nancy Luce and her chickens: http://poultrybookstore.blogspot.com/2014/06/nancy-luce-and-her-chickens.html … Protected Bike Lanes Make the “Interested But Conc...

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Saturday Linkages: Ducks, Bikes and Body Care

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSZmV_3Lm_A Bare-chested Russian orders ducks to attention, marches them into barn http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/bare-chested-russian-orders-du.html … Journey Around Copenhagen’s Latest Bicycle Innovations! http://www.streetfilms.org/journey-around-copenhagens-latest-bicycle-innovations/#.U-FrZgGAlcY.twitter … This is exactly why we make our own body care products: http://tinyurl.com/mp3bmov The Flying Tortoise:...

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Saturday Linkages: Invaders, Sick Chickens and Adaptive Reuse

Armadillo invaders! More Foreign Invaders: Possums on the Half Shell | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/07/more-foreign-invaders-possums-on-the-half-shell.html … Water rationing for farmers? It’s on the horizon http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2494 When To Isolate A Sick Chicken | HenCam http://hencam.com/henblog/2014/08/when-to-isolate-a-sick-chicken/ … via @terrygolson Can Edible Gardening Reduce Deforestation? – http://go.shr.lc/1lkI1wO...

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Saturday Linkages: Life on a Boat, Nature and the Bicycle Lobby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJXrbWU1Aw&feature=youtu.be Twenty Eight Feet – Life On A Little Wooden Boat: http://youtu.be/syJXrbWU1Aw Why Nature Lovers Should Live Apart From Nature http://shar.es/LbYve Shinrin-yoku: “Forest Bathing” — I’ve always done it, but only now do I find out that it’s a thing in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_bathing … Tracing Sriracha’s Origin to a Seaside Town in Thailand http://www.theatlantic.com/vide...

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