Saturday Tweets: Flatworms, Potatoes and Old iPhones

June 27, 2015

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

Mr. Homegrown

June 7, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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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: Broody Hens, Killer Gardens and Salt-Rising Bread

Mr. Homegrown

May 31, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Surveillance camera bird-feeder http://boingboing.net/2014/05/27/surveillance-camera-bird-feede.html … Broody Hens and the Meaning of Life. My new blog post on The Tangled Nest. http://thetanglednest.com/2014/05/broody-hens-and-the-meaning-of-life/ … Coping With Heat in the Garden: Drought-Tolerant Crops, Resilient Perennials and More http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2467 The whole world has a weight problem, new report says http://www.usatoday.c...

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Saturday Linkages: Holiday Weekend Edition

Mr. Homegrown

May 24, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Sailboat made with Home Depot buckets: http://www.pdracer.com/boat-shorty/50-dollar-sailboat-race/tbucket/ … Brick wall collapses to reveal giant beehive via @BoingBoing http://boingboing.net/2014/05/22/brick-wall-collapses-to-reveal.html … 8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/22/8-takeaways-from-the-bike-leagues-study-of-cyclist-fatalities/#.U39XY2qRa40.twitter … via @StreetsblogUSA Br...

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Saturday Linkages: Rocket Stoves, Big Cargo Bikes and Shopping for the Apocalypse

Mr. Homegrown

May 10, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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.../human_guinea_pig/2009/06/chess_with_knives.html … Space-age refrigeration, 1968 via @BoingBoing http://boingboing.net/2014/05/08/space-age-refrigeration- Climate: Rising C02 levels to hit grain nutrition http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Climate_Rising_C02_levels_to_hit_grain_nutrition_999.html … It came from the faucet http://boingboing.net/2014/05/07/brain-eating-amoebas-in-my-wa.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Fo...

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