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Will We Keep Keeping Chickens?

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Animals, Chickens
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...asture raised eggs. As most readers of this blog know, the supermarket egg labeling game, “cage free” and “free range”, is a load of . . . chicken poo. Cage free and free range supermarket eggs are from chickens crammed in huge sheds. These chickens never see the light of day and live in appalling conditions. You might be able to get eggs from chickens that live outdoors at a local farmer’s market, but beware of unscrupulous vendors. A number of c...

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Why You Should Own an Impact Driver

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Tools
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...ht clubbing members of the household if you begin work early. If you’re an urban homesteader type planning to do a lot of chicken coop/shed building type projects I would highly recommend owning both a drill and an impact driver. That way, you can drill pilot holes and then drive the screw with your impact driver without having to constantly change bits on your drill. And the increased power of an impact driver means your arm will be less sore aft...

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109 Doubt is Our Product: Bees, Chemicals and Academia

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Animals, Bees, Podcasts
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...a State Beekeeping Association oppose legislation that would have required labeling neonicotinoid treated nursery plants? These are just a few of the controversial questions covered in this week’s episode of the podcast. My guests are Stacy Malkan co-director of US Right to Know and beekeeper Terry Oxford of Urban Bee San Francisco. Links: Follow the Honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits “Scientists Loved...

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I Made a Mallet

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Design
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...that I know of: Allied Woodshop, Community Woodshop and Ceritos Community College. I hear that the folks at Allied Woodshop are soon to open a business selling wood from locally felled urban trees. There are a lot of exotic trees in LA, so it will be interesting to see what people do with results of LA’s poor tree maintenance....

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Saturday Tweets: Date Palms, Clear Ice and Hugs

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Saturday Linkages
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...dinner @CivilEats: https://t.co/YtWBHb5SOs pic.twitter.com/8BU50MpSkN — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) May 22, 2017 You've got the love! Two women catching hearts in the Petit Livre d'Amour (Little Book of Love) c.1500 https://t.co/KbQIbtNSjX pic.twitter.com/LHthGBAcAA — Medieval Manuscripts (@BLMedieval) May 23, 2017 In case anyone needs a hug today… Love + friendship from Egerton 1147, Royal 19 C II, Royal 6 E VI, Royal 2 A XXII pic....

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