Sandor Katz and Wagner

...ue Hill @ Stone Barns, in conversation with Sandor Katz, author of the new book, “Fermentation as Metaphor,” as they discuss all things fermented. During this exciting event, bestselling authors and food rockstars Katz and Barber will discuss connections between microbial communities and aspects of human culture: politics, religion, social and cultural movements, art, music, sexuality, identity, and even our individual thoughts and feelings. Click...

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120 Inhabiting Suburbia with Johnny Sanphillippo

...ring the podcast we mention: The video Johnny shot of us. David Holmgren’s book RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future Buying a house in Cincinnati. Johnny’s house in Sonoma County. How do you inhabit suburbia? Join the discussion by leaving a voice mail at (213) 537-2591. We’ll play your comments on the next podcast. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to...

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Saturday Linkages: Super Spreader

...s Warming trend in California, but most intense heat remains across the interior Southwest. And what about the autumn to come? On the Exceptionalism of Books in an Age of Tweets Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover Experiments in Anachronism A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Beer Mats of the 1970s...

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Saturday Linkages: Trash Panda Paradise

...ctions on Larry Korn’s Passing, the Preciousness of Elders, Friendship, Love, Kindness, Care How to Say I Love You in Greenlandic An Arctic Alphabet The Secret to a Perfect Hot Glue Mold Planting the Natural Garden a new book by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen Poor Man’s Quinoa Bernie Sanders, filmstrip entrepreneur This year, why not serve your turkey with green maraschino cherries and watery looking vegetable juice? Simple American...

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136 Garden Fundamentals with Robert Pavlis

...oin the conversation mid-stream as Robert is telling me about his upcoming book Soil Science for Gardeners. During the podcast we talk about: Soil science for home gardeners The problems with soil tests Soil prep for native plants Fungi inoculation products How to open up compacted soil Sources for organic material Ugh, landscape fabric Cardboard in the garden Hügelkultur Winter sowing Baggie technique LED lights How to water houseplants You can f...

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