Grafted Tomatoes: Hope for the Frustrated Home Gardener?

..., lack the space to rotate your tomato growing year to year, pathogens can build up in the soil. Grafted tomatoes, while not a magic pill or an excuse for poor soil stewardship, might be a worthwhile experiment. I attempted to graft my own tomatoes a few years ago and failed miserably. I would recommend outsourcing this task unless you’re a seasoned garden geek with a greenhouse. The research also showed that there’s little difference in taste bet...

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Saturday Tweets: Micro-camping, Vacuum Sealer Hack and Bikes!

...(@rootsimple) July 25, 2016 Bicycle Cell Phone Charger (Wind Turbine with build in Battery) https://t.co/Pn1EMw4lmz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2016 What bombs did to Rotterdam, parking lots did to Houston https://t.co/mreVDIvHAy — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 29, 2016 Are we fixing the right things? Are we breaking the wrong ones? Is it necessary to start from scratch every time? https://t.co/wKiBAUUsXq — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmaga...

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The Ultimate Earth Bed: A Mattress Made of Sand

...whole night on the mattress.) Both may be uncomfortable at first, but they build resilience, and perhaps, healthier bodies over time. In both cases, we have been told we have to buy complicated “supportive” contraptions made of cushioning foam and polyester fabric to have a good run, or a good night’s sleep. More and more we’re questioning whether that is a good idea. Michael and Stephanie loved their bed so much that they started to make sand bed...

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Tomato Grafting Fail

...ould have made the process much easier. Since I have no space or desire to build a greenhouse I’m, most likely, going to give up on attempting to graft my own tomatoes. I did this project out of a geeky sense of fun but it resulted in a summer with no homegrown tomatoes and that’s a life not worth living. A better project, for our climate, would be to figure out how to grow tomatoes with little or no supplemental water. The feral tomatoes on the s...

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Saturday Tweets: Styrofoam Catamarans, Bulb Mistakes and Luxury Bunkers

...Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 30, 2016 Panic, Anxiety Spark Rush to Build Luxury Bunkers for L.A.'s Superrich https://t.co/Du53Wi0rDf via @thr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2016 Bikes shipped in boxes with TV set printed on box suffer less delivery damage https://t.co/yuMp7iVVKh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 26, 2016 Garden hermit needed. Apply within. https://t.co/DQyD5TaVyH via @BostonGlobe — Root Simple (@rootsimp...

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