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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2017

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Saturday Linkages
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..."green filters" to remove common drugs that contaminate our domestic waste water in Spanish research study. https://t.co/wlqle1JUUv — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) December 24, 2017 Yogurt In An Instant Pot? cc: @rootsimple #instantpot https://t.co/K64VfIWZZN — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) December 24, 2017 Orange tree leaves for a taste of the tropics https://t.co/eR5sjcslCj pic.twitter.com/IEBgIt2kPJ — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) D...

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Moringa!

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Gardening, Permaculture
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...by Harvey McDaniel One of the big inspirations for starting our front yard urban farming efforts at the SurviveLA compound is a Philippino neighbor of ours who has turned his entire front yard and even the parkway into an edible garden featuring fruits and vegetables from his native land, most of which we have never seen before. This morning, while walking the dog, I found him cutting hundreds of long seed pods off of a small attractive tree. He d...

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New Sill Plate and Joists

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Design
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...ld have spent doing the things that normally take up the time of glamorous urban homesteading bloggers in the big city such as pondering avocado toast recipes or dehydrating loquats. After much all caps thinking, I came to the conclusion that we need a kind of time traveling Dr. Who character whose sold mission would be to stop misguided remodeling projects in the past. He’d spend a lot of time in the 1960s and 70s halting bad patio pours, stoppin...

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Campfire Cooking: Fish in Clay (& Vegetarian Options!)

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Food, Foraging
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...d a type of wild clover, sagebrush, wild mint, native sage, white pine and watercress–but not all on one fish! I think a little lemon and garlic slipped into our cooking, too, here and there, and of course, salt and pepper — um…all wild foraged, of course. Once the fish is dressed for dinner, it gets tied up in leafy bondage. This is where the yucca fiber or some other type of string or natural cordage comes in handy. It’s imperative that the fish...

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What is a Swarm of Bees and What Should I Do About It?

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Animals, Bees
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...y’ll take any dark enclosure with a small, easily defensible, entrance. In urban areas, in addition to tree cavities, they might choose the walls of buildings, utility boxes, compost bins and even the inner workings of hot tubs. But before a swarm can find permanent digs, they need a place for the swarm to hang out while the swarm’s scouts go off in search of the perfect home. Where a swarm lands When shopping for permanent real estate most swarms...

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