Skyglow Raises Awareness of Light Pollution

https://vimeo.com/125108525 Two local LA photographers, Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan, just surpassed their Kickstarter goal to fund a very worthy project: a book, using the duo’s stunning timelapse photography to raise awareness of the problem of light pollution. For us humans, if we can’t see the night sky we lose our sense of wonder. But light pollution also harms many of the earth’s organisms, from migrating birds to insects. This is...

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047 Done is Better Than Perfect

...slow cooker Slow cooking and pressure cooking What to do with pallets If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here....

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036 The Cat Doctor

...ol Heartworm Listener questions: weepy eyes, L-Lysine Cat social hierarchy Zylkene If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by Rho. A downloadable version of this podcast is here....

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Saturday Tweets: From Archery to Jaywalking

...: icicle farming is officially a thing. http://t.co/2cjhaDCZNC pic.twitter.com/kFTunijWod — Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) January 19, 2015 Why low-tech living is back | via @Telegraph http://t.co/4vJiXyL1hR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 18, 2015 Countertop agriculture–8 vegetables you can regenerate: http://t.co/0DP8Aj3SMl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 18, 2015 Sweden is now recycling 99% of their waste. Go Sweden!: http://t.co/YLnNR6hoJq (...

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Straw Bale Gardens

...e practice has been tested in dry climates like ours. After the bale has decomposed you get compost you can use elsewhere in the yard. I suspect that skunks will be less interested in digging in a bale (please correct me if I’m wrong here). Now, if we had good soil I wouldn’t bother with the extra work of buying and prepping a straw bales garden. But, given the idiosyncrasies of our situation, it seems like a good solution. Frankly, I don’t know w...

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