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011 Cleaning, Long Crowing Roosters and Water Storage

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Animals, Chickens, Domesticus, Podcasts, Preparedness
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...er Question: Water Storage for Emergencies A correction to the podcast–the Food Safety Advisor is not free to download, but the information on water storage that I reference can be found here. Amazon link to the water storage container we use. 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 them...

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Free Vermicomposting Workshop in Pasadena

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Events
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...don’t need a lot of worms. The key is to provide the ideal environment and food to support their innate capacity to multiply exponentially). 100% of the proceeds from all items you purchase will be given to the Beta Epsilon/University of the Philippines relief project.*** PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you would like a starter kit so I can get the materials and make only what will be needed. What to bring: Garden gloves, if you prefer not to use your hands...

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Can our landscapes model a vibrant future? Not according to the LA DWP.

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Garden Design, Gardening, Lawns, Water and Power
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...st not feeling it in the cities. Our water is cheap, the taps are running, food prices aren’t terribly affected– yet. So we keep washing our cars and hosing off the sidewalks and topping off our swimming pools and, of course, we water our lawns. Lawns are a big liability in this region. I think they may not be such a crime in milder, wetter places where they grow happily (though there’s no getting around the fact that they are a sterile monocultur...

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Saturday Linkages: Of Gut Microbes and Hyperbolic Bronnerianism

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Saturday Linkages
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...Market Fish Vendor Arrested on Multiple Charges http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-nosh/grand-theft-seafood-popular-farmers-market-fish-vendor-arrested-on-multiple-charges.html … ‘The Complete Modern Blacksmith’ by Alexander Weygers: http://boingboing.net/2014/04/17/the-complete-modern-blacksmi.html … Is there a better name for cross-contamination: kitchen cutting boards remain a source of multidrug-resistant bact… http://barfblog.com/2014/04/is-...

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Saturday Linkages: Rammed Earth, Vanilla Ice and Moonshine

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Saturday Linkages
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...ains http://www.honeybeesuite.com/plastic-debris-for-brains/ … RiYL podcast 041: Colin Spoelman, moonshine maker: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/riyl-podcast-041-colin-spoelm.html … Brazil’s new dietary guidelines: food-based! http://feedly.com/e/xL8TJUJf Austrian Designer Upcycles Bike Parts into Faux Hunting Trophy Bicycle Mounts http://inhabitat.com/austrian-design-upcycles-bike-parts-into-faux-hunting-trophy-bicycle-mounts/ … How Would You D...

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