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

.../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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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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