Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

...her, the goat, from the #Campfire continues to make a steady recovery after 12 days in the care of @ucdavisvetmed. Her owner, Jim, says she led the other 17 goats in his herd to safety, taking the brunt of the burn injures. She's an #animalhero in his eyes. @ucdavis pic.twitter.com/2SCZpClfAA — UC Davis Vet Med (@ucdavisvetmed) November 24, 2018 Houseplanters Who Do YouTube https://t.co/STPLkGFoPk via @GardenRant — Root Simple (@rootsimple) No...

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Whole Grain Baking Class With Craig Ponsford

...bakery/innovation center, Ponsford’s Place, in his home town of San Rafael. The classes will be held at Guittard Chocolate’s facility in Los Angeles. Lunch is included and will be prepared by Donald Wressell, Guittard Pastry Chef. Class size is limited to 12 students per day. Due to the hands-on nature of this class and limited number of spots available, there will also be a 7-day cancellation policy in effect. No refunds will be issued after Nov...

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Getting started with worms

...to Oregon State Extension Services. Our favorite resources: It would take pages and pages for us to tell you how to make and maintain a worm bin, or explain the general amazingness of worms, and this information is already freely available on the Internet. So for further instruction, we’d point you to the following sources: Oregon State Extension Services, Composting with Worms. Mentioned above, it not only tells you how to make a plastic bin, bu...

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007 RIP Handsome, 3 Power Tools You Should Own and Hipster Compost

...st but can be a problem in worm bins) see Oregon State’s black soldier fly page. We conclude with another reader concern about contamination in compost and reccomend doing a bioassay test to see if you might have a problem. Washington State has a pdf on how to bioassay your own compost. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. The theme music is by Dr. Frankens...

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