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Saturday Tweets: Tanning Fish, Trees and Dealing with Medieval Mansplainers

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...prepper #tanning #fishing #Inuit #salmon #Alaska — TheUrbanAboriginal (@TheUrbanAbo) April 27, 2018 A study shows Seattle's poorest neighborhoods have less than one-fifth the tree canopy of the city's wealthier areas. https://t.co/MxHaIbBI3N — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 26, 2018 When you want a small base for a $26 LED light and things get out of control. The classic posable desk lamp design is really fun to make out of plywood....

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Saturday Tweets: Peppercorns, Fig Trees and Your Inner Cleveland

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Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves A Taste Of Italy http://t.co/wmFQIZBmoh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 A Tablet for Africa? http://t.co/vsCls4QyTe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 Flooded Crypt of San Francesco: Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water http://t.co/CJPiv46xpq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 The “Inner Cleveland” of Trendy Cities http://t.co/HNrH9pmlEW...

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Extreme Measures: Squirrel Proofing Your Fruit Trees

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Fruit Trees, Gardening, Pests
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...ia Commons. I think there’s a way to make aesthetically pleasing fruit tree cages. Crazy idea: what if they were as carefully crafted as Robert Irwin’s running fence piece at UC San Diego? It’s too late to fence the trees in our own garden, but I think if I were planning a new garden I might try to find a way to make those fruit tree cages look like 70s era land art. How do you deal with the squirrel/fruit tree menace?...

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Tree Bondage

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Events, Gardening
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...irewood!) Be prepared to be shocked as well as educated. You will: See how trees can be mismanaged Learn how to “repair” damaged trees Learn how to avoid the hurtful aspects of the damaged trees shown See examples of the correct way to plant, irrigate, compost, fertilize, mulch and prune trees Where: The Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, CA 94952 When: Thursday June 2nd, 6:30PM Phone: (707) 773-1336 Robert Kourik, Metamorphic Press PO Box...

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Weekend Tweets: Strawberry Season, Air Plant Therapy and Trees Eating Things

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...twitter.com/E5KQLjMyW0 — Fairy Tale Gardens (@JennasFairyTale) May 4, 2016 Trees “eating” things https://t.co/gjgBwqMo54 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 4, 2016 Another beautiful post from our friend Shannon Hayes: Darned Life https://t.co/bTGQ69im0S via @SapBushShannon — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 3, 2016 Spectacular new jellyfish shows just how little we know about Earth’s oceans https://t.co/xc2FFEBKUJ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 3, 2016...

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