Saturday Tweets: Working Dogs and Expensive Raccoon Meat

February 14, 2015

...ple) February 12, 2015 What to do in the garden this month? Nothing. http://t.co/WVPIn7uoDN via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 LA Health Officials Take Action After Local Supermarket Sells Raccoons As Food « CBS Los Angeles http://t.co/2jVQ0Wxfmi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 12, 2015 Check out I Parked In A Bike Lane Sticker from iparkedinabikelane! http://t.co/HSEiuRm1zM — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 10, 2...

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Everything Must Go Part II: Books

Mr. Homegrown

January 12, 2015

Cleaning, Domesticus, Tidying up

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...y bought at least eight of them. And he noted that I had gotten rid of The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark that he had gifted to me over the holidays. A lot of the books that I purged can only be described as 90s geek-boy paranoia. If you’d like some of those 90s books plus a few outdated poultry care books, get thee to the Edendale library book sale on Wednesday. That’s assuming our local hipsters haven’t scooped up all my books in a fit of 90s nos...

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Saturday Tweets: Holiday Edition

Mr. Homegrown

December 20, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...rubx5kH6J — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 19, 2014 5 ways to NOT give food poisoning to friends & family during holidays, via @ucanr http://t.co/VG7GDKkHyk #globalfood pic.twitter.com/lipYaAtg1y — UC (@UofCalifornia) December 18, 2014 The faces of Mexico’s farm labor http://t.co/SPKcI9uHmO incredible photos by @dbartletti @latimes cc @PulitzerDotOrg pic.twitter.com/V1mkXSzVCP — Civil Eats (@CivilEats) December 18, 2014 Bitter Greens http://t....

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Talking About the Weather

Mr. Homegrown

December 1, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...ld. Severe drought makes our weather newsworthy. California grows a lot of food. In an essay about talking about the weather, Samuel Johnson reminds us that “it is the present state of the skies and of the earth, on which plenty and famine are suspended, on which millions depend for the necessaries of life.” Due to the increasing weirdness of our weather I nervously check the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s forecasts with greater...

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Saturday Tweets: Bikes, Sacred Lands and Watering Paradise

Mr. Homegrown

November 22, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...SlaNow — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 I love this idea: The Food Lab: Make Your Own Just-Add-Hot-Water Instant Noodles (and Make Your Coworkers Jealous) http://t.co/tsoYuh6lOa — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 21, 2014 Egg Yolk Color | HenCam http://t.co/c4LCft1Yza via @terrygolson — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 18, 2014 London’s garden bridge: the public park where groups and cyclists aren’t welcome http://t.co/48RuycNsIt...

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