Maintaining a Worm Bin

...ss than an hour. You could go through a plastic tote-type bin much faster. Making a New Working Side After harvest you’ll have empty space–and that space will become the new working side, which means you need fresh bedding for the worms. I usually start by robbing some of that from the other side of the bin. Anything that’s big enough to notice, like a corn husk or a coffee filter or a handful of straw, I’ll grab. Today, I scraped the top layer of...

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Use Your Microwave as Dough Proofing Box

...rmentation and proofing. If you don’t have a microwave you could heat some water on a stove and put it and your dough in a cooler. If you want to get really fancy you could use a seed propagation heating mat in a cooler. I don’t have a mat so I’ve been using the microwave and it works great. There are reasons you might want to cool dough and prolong fermentation, either to develop flavor and/or to put off your baking time to a more convenient hour...

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Federico Tbn’s Self Irrigating Pots

...s surprisingly pliable; I was able to mold the top edge to fit the 5 gallon bucket better by carefully heating it with a propane torch. The art is just for fun, sometimes it is hard for me to leave things unpainted. The second pot uses a sock to wick water up into a container full of cat grass. Kitty looks happy. I’ve used SIPs for years and they are a great tool for landless gardeners. Federico has taken the SIP a step further by making them beau...

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Saturday Linkages: Paleo Flour, Viking Tents and Chinese Cabbage as the New Kale

...rootsimple) September 15, 2015 We'd be in so much trouble if sparkling water were bad for us-fortunately, the myths are busted here: http://t.co/qCjJAWRxDB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 15, 2015 What the Sale of Niman Ranch Could Mean for Farmers https://t.co/TjwwQuSWDr via @CivilEats — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 15, 2015 Pizza receipt warns of labyrinth, minotaur via @BoingBoing http://t.co/JJs45cDDz9 — Root Simple (@rootsimp...

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Saturday Linkages: Alphabet Birdhouses, Ancient Cheese and the World’s Worst Cookbooks

...e Of Cheese-Making http://n.pr/TUyVLZ New Research Links Pesticides in Tap Water to Rise in Food Allergies http://inhabitat.com/new-research-links-pesticides-in-tap-water-to-rise-in-food-allergies/ … The world’s worst cookbooks: http://yuckylicious.blogspot.com Does Costco Destroy Baby Manatees? MoJo’s Eco-Doom Headline Generator http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/mother-jones-fake-headline-generator … For these links and more, follow...

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