Saturday Tweets: School Gardens, Artificial Turf and an Orwellian Sofa

October 11, 2014

https://twitter.com/Food_Tank/status/520927390529503232 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520940447959486464 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/519606037494501376 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/519354136031023104 https://twitter.com/AncientWisdomss/status/519351450179473409 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520801858927874048 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520797548144246786 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520796677...

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How to Make Your Own DIY Instant Oatmeal

Mrs. Homegrown

March 24, 2016

Food, How-to, Recipes

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..., remove oats from the oven and grind some portion of them in a blender or food processor. I leave half whole and process the other half until some of the oats turn to fine meal while others are still partially intact. The finely ground bits make the oatmeal more “milky” and cohesive. This is a personal preference thing–everyone likes their oatmeal in certain ways–dry or wet, lumpy or smooth. (If you’re using quick oats, this step unnecessary beca...

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Does Compost Tea Work?

Mr. Homegrown

November 16, 2015

Composting, Gardening

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...fertilizer. If you add sugar to your tea you need to be very careful about food safety issues. You must dilute compost tea before using. The compost going into tea must be mature and of high quality. You might be better off just applying normal compost to the soil. My personal conclusions are that if I were a farmer (which I am definitely not), compost tea might be worth looking into as a fertilizer or, in certain specific circumstances, for disea...

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Saturday Tweets: Cheap Heaters, Paper Airplanes and Lost Ornaments

Mr. Homegrown

November 7, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...-world numeracy https://t.co/n4IvJEytGn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 Gorgeous book of paper airplanes collected by anthropologist Harry Smith https://t.co/GFtA3w8rUO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 It’s time for food justice in Ramona Gardens https://t.co/SoXTBK27L0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 Beautiful, free/open 3D printed book of lost Louis H. Sullivan architectural ornaments https://t.co/IPgqsjSELq...

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Our new front yard, part 5: Constructing a meadow community

Mrs. Homegrown

December 2, 2015

Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening

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...interest and function My primary goal for this mini-meadow was to provide food and habitat for insects and other small critters. My secondary goal is for it to be an attractive front yard landscape. Both of these criteria hinge on the plant choices being sufficiently dynamic to keep the yard interesting for both people and critters. Rainer and West– as well as others– have warned me that one of the dangers of meadow gardens is that they can be re...

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