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Saturday Linkages: Dig that Passive Solar Birdbath!

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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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004 Egg Ethics, Solar Food Dryers and a Question about Earth Ovens

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Animals, Chickens, Podcasts, Solar, Water and Power
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...ly and Erik discuss the tricky ethics of eggs and mayonnaise, what kind of solar food dryer is the best and we answer a question from Ed about earth ovens. Plans for the Appalachian Solar Food Dryer can be found in an article on Mother Earth News. We have a detailed post on how we built our adobe oven here. If you want to leave a question you can call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein....

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Saturday Tweets: Squirrels, CIA Snail Mail and a Home Solar Array

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great #DIY solar array how to on @instructables 6.3 kiloWatt Ground Mount Home Solar Array https://t.co/cUZi3Nj10P pic.twitter.com/jTsSHG9o3j — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) January 26, 2017 Get inspired by environmentalist Rachel Carson's political fights https://t.co/Bu9Vydt3Z9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 26, 2017 Squirrels you may encounter https://t.co/SVMxQhXFFg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 26, 2017 How to Securely Send Snai...

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Saturday Linkages: The Calm After the Storm

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Saturday Linkages
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...rblog.com/2012/10/a-unique-diy-solar-pool-heating.html?spref=tw … Build-It-Solar Blog: Large DIY Solar Space and Water Heating System in … http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2012/10/large-diy-solar-space-and-water-heating.html?spref=tw … Primitive Skills Roland Trevino of Altadena Makes and Uses the Ancient Atlatl: http://dirttime.com/?p=2741 Gardening What to do with storm damaged trees: http://www.treesaregood.org/pressrelease/press/firstaid.aspx …...

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