Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Soil Bacteria and Low Fat Diets

January 10, 2015

...@SomeDayAllThis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 8, 2015 Fascinating article about how soil bacteria has led to the first new antibiotics in 30 years: http://t.co/dyC25Jyogc #SoilTalk — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) January 7, 2015 Are low fat diets “mass murder”? http://t.co/wheAMdo1ZS — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 4, 2015 Can You Imagine a City Where Trees and Swing Sets Matter More Than Cars? http://t.co/SAzlPcGZ8D @yesmagazine pic.t...

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052 Listener Feedback and So Much More

Mr. Homegrown

July 8, 2015

Podcasts

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...ebsite). Hencam.com Architectural Graphics Standards Barefoot Ken Bob 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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049 The Fierce Green Fire: Natural Beekeeper Patrick Pynes

Mr. Homegrown

June 10, 2015

Animals, Bees, Podcasts

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...y.” Patrick’s website is Honeybee Teacher. During the podcast we discuss: Les Crowder The language around beekeeping: “beecentric” vs. anthropocentric approaches to honeybees and “Bee-having” vs. “beekeeping” Dealing with swarms Golden Mean Top Bar hive, which you can see at backyardhive.com Africanized bees Aggression vs. defensiveness Top bar hives and Africanized bees Inspecting bees Advantages of top bar hives Eight frame Langstroth hives with...

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Skyglow Raises Awareness of Light Pollution

Mr. Homegrown

May 26, 2015

Thoughtstylings

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...ganisms, from migrating birds to insects. This is one of those problems that would be relatively easy to fix simply by making sure that lighting is not directed upwards and by using bulbs that emit light on a limited portion of the spectrum. And we’ll save energy in the process. Unfortunately, as the Los Angeles Weekly recently reported, the City of Los Angeles has not done a good job with light pollution. If you’d like to contribute to Mehmedinov...

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047 Done is Better Than Perfect

Mr. Homegrown

May 20, 2015

Animals, Bees, Food, Gardening, Podcasts

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...r garlic mustard Bread Earth and Fire ebook Decluttering Beekeeping Honeybeesuite.com Mite treatment Keeping bees in the winter Mudsongs.org That Flow Hive thingy Bears! Birdhouses No-knead bread in a 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 stor...

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