Saturday Tweets: Chicken vs. Corgi, Gluten and Supermarket Pasta

June 17, 2017

...herlands, maybe because we don't have a crossing structure every 200km like they do https://t.co/CjxVcjhSCu — Road Ecology Center (@roadecology) June 12, 2017 10 Unusual Uses for Baking Soda https://t.co/CoXvTTKGia — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 11, 2017...

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Trees Susceptible to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer

Mr. Homegrown

October 3, 2016

Gardening, Trees

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...)* 8. Mexican sycamore (Platanus mexicana) 9. Red Willow (Salix laevigata)* 10. Avocado (Persea americana) 11. Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) 12. English Oak (Quercus robur) 13. Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)* 14. London plane (Platanus x acerifolia) 15.Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)* 16. Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)* 17. White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia)* 18.Titoki (Alectryon excelsus) 19. Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii)* 20. Cork O...

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Varroa Mites: No-Treatment is the Best Treatment

Mr. Homegrown

October 25, 2016

Animals, Bees

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...g a job with Monsanto. The article looks at Hayes’s work at Monsanto which uses RNA interference (RNAi) to target varroa. It’s easy to see why Hayes would be interested in RNAi technology. It has the potential to knock out varroa mite without the many problems of current miticides. Critics of RNAi, however, bring up the issue of risk management: the unintended consequences of using a novel technology such as RNAi. If something did go wrong it coul...

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The Vermont Sail Freight Project

Mr. Homegrown

May 1, 2013

Thoughtstylings, Transportation

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Vermont farmer and baker Erik Andrus not only uses draft horses on his farm and to deliver baked goods, but also plans on reviving the lost art of shipping freight under sail power. Andrus has a Kickstarter going to fund the the consturction of a 39 foot sailing vesel, the “Ceres” which will carry 12 tons of rice and other shelf-stable goods from Ferrisburgh, Vermont to New York City. The Ceres is already under construction and is due to start sa...

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Surface Walk with Nance Klehm Saturday February 11th

Mr. Homegrown

February 9, 2017

Events

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...ger Nance Klehm will lead a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it. Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie residency titled Double Pairing. Nance Klehm has been an ecological systems designer, landscaper, horticultural consultant, and p...

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