Running Shoes: the worst idea ever

March 11, 2016

...not be a stiff arch support that prevents the natural movement of the arch of the foot. And here’s a thought for an enterprising publisher: how about a running magazine modeled after Lucky Peach? In other words, a running magazine with integrity made up of honest reviews, research-based injury advice and thoughtful essays. Resources: An interesting article on Plantar fasciitis (thanks to Kathy Turk for the link) The Skeletal Biology Lab at Harvard...

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Picture Sunday: Amazon’s “Rasta Imposta” Squirrel Costume

Mr. Homegrown

August 11, 2013

Miscellaneous

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...els be so confused that they’d leave my fruit trees alone? From the Amazon reviews: it even comes with nuts By squirrelman When I first saw this squirrel costume, I went a little nuts (pun intended 🙂 ). I starting buying one for everyone I knew. My wife, kids, lawyer, dentist, family practitioner, our local barista, and even my boss. Needless to say, we all suited up for halloween and went out as a dray (for those of you not as into squirrels as I...

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Saturday Tweets: Labor Day Weekend Edition

Mr. Homegrown

September 3, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...Tub https://t.co/JqTlCil58F — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Books Into Stool https://t.co/Aby04AzOqH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Technology Alone Won’t Make You Better at What You Do: https://t.co/6CWezHj4Gn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 National Park Visitors Who Complain About Wi-Fi Should Be Thrown Into Old Faithful https://t.co/ubppSqCKiP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Scientist r...

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Nursery Customers From Hell

Mr. Homegrown

April 19, 2013

Gardening, Thoughtstylings

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...plants. On a whim, Kelly took a look at their overwhelmingly positive Yelp reviews. But some of the Yelpers prove how hard it must be to work in a nursery and deal with a public that can charitably be described as disconnected with the natural world. Take this Yelper: I’ve driven by this place soooo many times and really needed some advice on a dear plant of ours. We’ve had it for 5 years and it suffered trauma from our kitty pushing it off the le...

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End of Season Tomato Review

Mr. Homegrown

November 26, 2008

Gardening, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening

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...al partial shade conditions, they weren’t that tasty. See also our earlier reviews of Banana Leg and Red Currant varieties. Most of the tomatoes were grown in cages made from concrete reinforcing wire (instructions on making tomato cages here) in raised beds with a drip irrigation system as pictured above. As an experiment for folks in apartments or with limited space, we grew a bunch of tomatoes in self watering containers on a strip of concrete...

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