The Jerusalem Cookbook

...rt. It has lots of meat and fish recipes, but it also has plenty of salad, vegetable, bean and grain recipes, so it’s friendly to both vegetarians and meat eaters. We’re mostly vegetarian, and we feel like we’ve only scratched the surface of the meatless offerings so far. Though there are a lot of veg recipes which use eggs, yogurt and cheese, there are also good vegan-friendly offerings. To give you a feel for the book, these are the recipes we’v...

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My Apologies to the Skunk Community

...ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQBA58VoGQ For years I’ve blamed the nightly vegetable carnage that takes place in our raised beds on skunks. The other night, our CritterCam (a Wingscapes BirdCam Pro ), revealed the culprit: raccoons. And they work in trios! No wonder it’s been so difficult to secure the beds! Given the strength and agility of Racoons, I’m surprised that bird netting has worked at all (though, I’ll note, only when that netting is fi...

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Saturday Tweets: Artisinal Junk Food, Wide Streets and Neon Succulents

...zWUcg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 25, 2015 Building Healthy Soils in Vegetable Gardens: Cover Crops Have Got It Covered Part I: Introduction to Cover Cropping http://t.co/kW3CLy8UJb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 24, 2015 Where should you site your veggie garden: http://t.co/vEwdtLlA7K — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 24, 2015 A town that sleeps like it's pre-industrial times via @BoingBoing http://t.co/RXhgfwOI4t — Root Simple (@roo...

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Saturday Tweets: Micro Campers, The Whole Earth Catalog and a Post-Antibiotics Future

...6FB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2015 Head Of The Episcopal Church Says It's 'Sinful' To Ignore Climate Change http://t.co/qEmnNBY1E5 via @HuffPostRelig — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2015 Building Healthy Soils in Vegetable Gardens: Cover Crops Have Got It Covered Part III: http://t.co/UB9ArF0meh #aaatopblogs #feedly — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 4, 2015 "The world is a place where they make you do stupid things."...

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Day to day, our decisions count

...he world–and they are delicious! Eating this way is also a good primer for vegetable gardening. It teaches you what grows well in your area, and how the seasons run, and gives you some inspiration as to good local varieties you can seek out. By the by, I thought I’d mention Azure Standard here, too. This is a U.S. based company–it does not operate in every state, unfortunately, but it delivers bulk whole and natural foods to community drop-off poi...

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