Saturday Tweets: A Wacky Week

July 16, 2016

...Simple (@rootsimple) July 11, 2016 How do designers respond to the tragic events of the week?https://t.co/AWbfliMLd2 via @podessey — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) July 10, 2016 ‘I quit the rock’n’roll life to spread the grow-your-own message’ #HDYGG @courgetteitc https://t.co/Des1KmkjuV pic.twitter.com/bbSkfpNCsV — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) July 9, 2016 Pole-Mounted Mason Jar Garden Lights https://t.co/wRLEBIJcyX — Root Simple (@roo...

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Make Magazine: Online and Free

Mr. Homegrown

July 19, 2019

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening, Water and Power

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...by the support shown by the Maker community. For now, licensed Maker Faire events around the world will proceed as planned. Dougherty also says he’s aware of Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey’s interest in funding the company, and a GoFundMe page started for it.] I wrote an article on drip irrigation for Issue 18 and have to say that it was a pleasure to work with the Make editorial team. Unlike other publications I’ve written for, the editors at Ma...

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Get Baking and Share the Loaves

Mr. Homegrown

August 7, 2014

Bread, Food

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...bread geek equivalent of proposing a new route up K2 sans oxygen. At both events he dropped a lot of advice for home bakers that I thought I’d share: The refrigerator is your friend. Do a long proof in the refrigerator. This deepens flavor, allows flexibility in your baking schedule and can help a hearth loaf hold its shape in the oven. Are you beginner? Make your bread in a loaf pan. It’s a lot more forgiving than trying to shape a boule. Use a...

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Free Qigong via Zoom

Mr. Homegrown

March 26, 2020

Events

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...times, through Wed., April 1. Links are below. Next up: Separate Facebook events for each at Lee Conger, Integral Qigong and Tai Chi and Mind-Body Los Angeles. But right now, I have to get ready for the 10:30AM orientation and session. See you there?! FREE! Qigong! Ancient Chinese energy practice, involving gentle, meditative movement and breathwork. Daily, online sessions through Wednesday, April 1, but at different times. An optional, half-hour...

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Gluten Intolerance . . . Is It All In Your Head?

Mr. Homegrown

May 16, 2014

Bread, Food, Thoughtstylings

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As a co-founder of the Los Angeles Bread Bakers I go to a lot of public events where someone will walk up to me and announce that they are gluten intolerant. Their stories of getting off bread have the flavor of a religious conversion. My defensive reaction (I help run a bread club, after all) smacks of religious zealotry. We know with a great deal of certainty that gluten intolerance in the form of celiac disease effects slightly less than one p...

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