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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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Sweet Potatoes for Breakfast

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Food
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..., but I’m awful tired of them. 3) Sweet potatoes are a much vaunted “super food”. Primarily, they are incredibly rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene. So high, in fact, I wondered if I might OD on vitamin A from eating them daily. The answer is no. You cannot harm yourself from eating too many sweet potatoes. You can take too much A in pill form, or too much cod liver oil, and you can kill yourself outright eating Retinol packed polar bear liver (s...

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Mown and Blown: The Problem With Leaf Blowers

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Gardening
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...and brutally pruned hedges. These water hungry landscapes provide neither food, beauty or habitat. (They are also not enjoyed by people: half of the suburban participants in a UCLA study of home life in SoCal never went into their backyard. Another 25 percent went outside for a few minutes a week.) Yet this style of landscape is our dominant style of landscape because the homeowner doesn’t need to think about it, and the maintenance crews can mov...

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Saturday Linkages: Goats, Chainsaws and a Big Blue Rooster

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Saturday Linkages
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...MVDFUSEE/chainsaws-can-we-talk.html … Home Canning Hobby Leads to Near-Fatal Medical Emergency http://bit.ly/12GguN0 Big blue cock erected on fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square http://gu.com/p/3hhpk/tw We’re all gonna die Our Coming Food Crisis http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2163 A fresh perspective on alleged pesto outbreak in Italy http://barfblog.com/2013/07/a-fresh-perspective-on-alleged-pesto-outbreak-in-italy/ … The Blip http://nym...

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