One Year of Gardening in Four Minutes

April 24, 2013

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApOtv2bPElw Root Simple reader Brad Hiebert sent along a note and a link to a really nice video he made. Brad says, “I documented my family’s attempts at growing our own food in a local community garden….. It’s one year in 4 minutes.” Thanks Brad!...

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On Living in Los Angeles Without a Car: A Debate

Mr. Homegrown

May 21, 2013

Bikes, Transportation

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...ait for the bus. My last word? I don’t want us to end up like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTkD8WI8VU Kelly: Creative solutions are fine–if they happen. My notion is to buy functional old beater with hauling capability. It won’t cost much to buy or insure. It already exists in the world, so we’re just doing the service of squeezing every last useful mile out of it. Having practiced living car free, we can continue to use the car only when...

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Self-Irrigating Gutter Update

Mr. Homegrown

June 5, 2013

Gardening, Self Watering Containers

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...if there is a leak, I won’t lose all the water at once. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEeCgGAbvwk If I were to do this project again, I’d also use a refinement that Larry Hall just posted in the video above. This improvement on the design replaces the lower gutter with a 4-inch drain pipe. The drain pipe is easier to keep water-tight. And instead of using a gutter filled with soil I might use a series of pots (an idea that’s also in the video)–gu...

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Root Simple Redesign

Mr. Homegrown

November 5, 2012

Events

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...address will remain the same–www.rootsimple.com. Hopefully you won’t notice the switchover, except for the fact that commenting will disappear between the 6th and the 10th. You are welcome to leave comments on the Root Simple Facebook page. During the switchover period we’re going to feature a rerun of our most popular posts....

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023 Cleaning, Spam Poetry and Shoemaking

Mr. Homegrown

October 29, 2014

Domesticus, Podcasts

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...and shoot us an email at rootsimple at gmail dot com and we’ll hook you up with Randy. 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 and Choc. A downloadable version of this podcast is here....

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