Saturday Tweets: Better Late Than Never

February 9, 2019

A photograph my father took yesterday in a field in Leicestershire. Is there a more aesthetically pleasing sight? pic.twitter.com/nTuuyTMDdA — Thomas Emlyn (@ErewashCavalier) February 3, 2019 A vast, searchable database of pre-1900 watercolours documenting the four corners of the world before the invention of photography – you can search by subject or location. Absolutely wonderful.https://t.co/gr81z2r6NK [pictured, the ruins at Luxor, ca. 1830]...

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Saturday Tweets: Solar USB Charger and Hillbilly Sangria

Mr. Homegrown

June 6, 2015

Saturday Linkages

DIY Solar USB Charger – Altoids http://t.co/PtyAxZ20dP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 3, 2015 Why to Feed Chickens Pellets | HenCam http://t.co/ACChKVXp06 via @terrygolson — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 5, 2015 Hillbilly Sangria http://t.co/dMSZgqycZ5 via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 5, 2015 Awesome interview today with Erik Knutzen today on our website and podcast…check it out!!! http://t.co/7gA9KyiOGi pic.twitter.com/T...

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Saturday Linkages: Goat Wars, Dinites and a Sanitary Pad Revolution

Mr. Homegrown

March 15, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Newspaper issues correction concerning human-goat war: http://boingboing.net/2014/03/12/newspaper-issues-correction-co.html … How The Dunites created a secret utopia in the Oceano Dunes http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/03/10/36375/how-the-dunites-created-a-secret-utopia-in-the-oce/ … Pay phone booth re-purposed as a tiny library – Unconsumption http://disq.us/8hkfz6 Avoiding pollution, drought’s evil twin http://chanceofrain.com/2014/02...

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Saturday Linkages: Poultry Shaming, Horse Treadmills and Garden Snark

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Image: Thirdroar. Poultry shaming: http://www.thirdroar.com/journal/2014/2/24/public-poultry-shaming.html … Russian Man Uses Horse Treadmill to Power Log Splitter http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/russian-man-uses-horse-treadmill-to-power-chainsaw-1532466975 … Garden Variety SNARK | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/02/garden-variety-snark.html … Pison eu, Colon grossum! http://wp.me/p4bjRl-5V Reviving forgotten recipes: http://www.thesmartset....

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Saturday Linkages: Dig that Passive Solar Birdbath!

Mr. Homegrown

January 4, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Passive solar birdbath. Image: Builditsolar.com Passive solar birdbath: http://tinyurl.com/kbalf7x A Veteran Gets Criminal Treatment and Censored over Chickens http://tinyurl.com/lenrx9m Termite Ventilation – Natural Airconditioning http://feedly.com/e/2Zrz8bkc Rhone Street Gardens: 2013…Looking Back http://www.rhonestreetgardens.com/2013/12/2013looking-back.html One-minute doc on a man’s love for thrifted sweaters – http://boingboing.net/2013/12...

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