Seaweed Foraging

...ng the pandemic as reported by the LA Times. Back to seaweed. Here’s a few resources: California Native Plant Society article (pdf) on California Seaweeds Fin + Forage Kelp Identification guide A guide to brown seaweeds The sea forager’s guide to the Northern California coast by Kirk Lombard and Leighton Kelly (has a short section on seaweed) LA Times article on seaweed foraging in Southern California (I’ll note that I’ve heard conflicting informa...

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By Hand and Eye

...still not conclusive. I’d add that these side effects extend, unfortunately, to the entirety of our modern built environment. Should you want to go down this dangerous rabbit hole, in addition to By Hand & Eye I’d suggest the following web resources: By Hand and Eye website Jim Toplin’s blog Lost Art Press Blog (the publisher of By Hand & Eye) Lost Art Press publisher Christopher Schwartz’s posts at Popular Woodworking But you have been warned. Wa...

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119 A Chat With the Gardenerd

...ips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com. During the podcast we discuss: Chip Drop Free Little Library Front yard fruit trees Bee rescues Michael Thiele Celeriac Loofa Jicama Styrian hulless pumpkins Piteba Nut and Seed Oil Expeller Oil press Sow True Seed In Defense of Okra Tomato varieties: stupice, yellow perfection, Azoychka , Tess’s Landrace, Tigerela, Yellow pear, black cherry, J...

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Saturday Tweets: Pierces Diesease and Electric Squirrels

...advisors. https://t.co/2HagcxOvON pic.twitter.com/1URJYOiGh2 — Ag&Natural Resources (@ucanr) January 11, 2016 Helping the Homeless on a Budget https://t.co/7IW7aQfsgE — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 12, 2016 Map of power outages caused by small animals: https://t.co/01ZpKsIZ2k — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 12, 2016 The pocket grill https://t.co/42Pej9zQlT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 12, 2016 The Real Problem With Lunch, via @nyt...

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Saturday Linkages on Sunday

...s in the customers LA’s New Falafel Stand Is a One-Man Masterpiece That Hails From Iraq An anthropologist analyzes the Q Shaman This might be the most toxic workplace ever Some tips from the Recomendo Newsletter (Subscribe here): Educational resources that are likely free from your public library’s website: Lydia.com and The Great Courses (you can also watch the Great Courses if you have an Amazon Prime subscription) Quarantine viewing suggestions...

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