Got a Critter Question?

September 3, 2014

...Our guest on the next episode of the Root Simple Podcast will be Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild. We’re interviewing her tomorrow (Thursday) so if you have a question about coyotes, moles, raccoons, opossums, squirrels, rats or any of the other creatures that visit our urban backyards, leave a comment....

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Saturday Linkages: Logs, Invasives and Italian Veggies

Mr. Homegrown

January 25, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=17209#.Ut8epeX8ggE.twitter … Urban Nature: How to Foster Biodiversity in World’s Cities by Richard Conniff: Yale Environment 360 from @YaleE360 http://e360.yale.edu/feature/urban_nature_how_to_foster_biodiversity_in_worlds_cities/2725/#.Ut78MbYkqKk.twitter … Building With Logs – 1957 USDA Government Pamphlet http://feedly.com/e/SggnDsK7 Milky The Marvelous Milking Cow toy (1977) – Boing Boing http://bo...

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Seeds the Game

Mr. Homegrown

December 22, 2014

Thoughtstylings

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...stems. Get climate and map updates for weather patterns relevant to your area and garden needs. Seed points redeem for real prizes like seeds and coupons for garden equipment. Grow your own food and learn practices for permaculture and self-sustaining food systems at home! If you want to support the project they’ve got an Indiegogo campaign....

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The Soil Beneath Our Feet

Mrs. Homegrown

April 23, 2015

Back to the Garden

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...ack yard to global economies. Healthy soils make strong plants, increasing food yields and discouraging pests. Healthy soils wick and hold water, helping in times of both drought and flood. And healthy soil sequesters carbon. When we think about CO2 emissions, we think about the burning of fossil fuels–and we should, because those account for 65.5% of carbon emissions, according to this fact sheet from the State of Washington’s Department of Ecolo...

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Saturday Tweets: Scary Gelatins and Flesh Eating Screwworms

Mr. Homegrown

October 22, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...bout relational approaches to issues like #climatechange, which I summarized in @NewRepublic https://t.co/UdWXH3uPYP — Faith Kearns (@frkearns) October 18, 2016 10 facts you might not know about Food Waste: https://t.co/35NuLW88tg #foodtank pic.twitter.com/BSF4mvmQX5 RT @Food_Tank #foodwaste — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) October 18, 2016 What Will Break People’s Addictions to Their Phones? https://t.co/VHU1OjHuYG — Root Simple (@rootsimple)...

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