Saturday Tweets: Flatworms, Potatoes and Old iPhones

The Roots of My Obsession:30 Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden http://t.co/HWdz2kl1bx #gardening pic.twitter.com/Exy6qaSnNK — Timber Press (@timberpress) June 26, 2015 Ash-Roasted Potatoes: Remember them in Little House on the Prairie? http://t.co/VAsVnp1mqR #NYTCooking — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 26, 2015 Ask Obama save the Arctic from Shell, because arctic critters can’t sign petitions. https://t.co/I9TznyE0EK #SaveTheArctic @savethea...

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Saturday Tweets: Lazy Ants and Hallucinogenic Honey

We like this: fun alternatives to balloons for both decoration and celebration: https://t.co/HwTY7bOm6S @BalloonsBlow — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 19, 2015 Hallucinogen Honey Hunters https://t.co/zxx2XyResx via @NeuroSoup — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 19, 2015 The Idler | News: ants don’t actually work that hard https://t.co/fbX9hytnKt via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 19, 2015 Op-ed: What happened when I stopped mow...

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Saturday Linkages: Of Gut Microbes and Hyperbolic Bronnerianism

The Futura House: a prefab tiny house from the 1960s. It’s time to bring back the #futurahouse: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/ The Surprising Gut Microbes of African Hunter-Gatherers http://www.wired.com/2014/04/hadza-hunter-gatherer-gut-microbiome/ … FDA says, keep lilies away from your cats http://barfblog.com/2014/04/fda-says-keep-lilies-away-from-your-cats/ … Sophisticated sundial clock in Medellín, Colombia http://blog.ounodesign.com/2014/04...

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Saturday Linkages: Saris, Punk Rockers, Poppies and Young Agrarians

Sari as Insulation: http://notechmagazine.com/2014/04/clothing-insulation-with-different-drapes-of-typical-sari-ensembles.html … Humanoid wasps’ nest built over an abandoned sculpture: http://boingboing.net/2014/04/24/humanoid-wasps-nest-built-ov.html … Punk rock homesteading resources: http://punkrockhomesteading.com/e-books/ Two new California poppy species: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/article/6751/two-new-desert-eschscholzia-papa...

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Saturday Tweets: Sourdough Myths and When Parking Meant Trees

9 Sourdough Misconceptions & Myths: https://t.co/jd5LekqUoZ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 30, 2015 I'm loving this website–so much good stuff! The History of Marker Trees https://t.co/fMn4TeUEWD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 29, 2015 X-ray technology reveals California's forests are in for a radical transformation https://t.co/Bu3j4S6hrh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 29, 2015 When “Parking” Meant “Space for Trees” http:/...

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