Tiny House Dweller as Contemporary Hermit in the Garden

...sert father style escape from the consumer matrix. Right now we’re riding high on an economic boom. Inevitably there will be another bust. No sane person knows when that bust will happen again, but when it does I predict we’ll see more garden hermits and fewer tech bros. Full credit must go to Gordon Campbell for the quotes in this post and to Fr. Mark Kowalewski for the Joni Mitchell reference. You can also listen to a Futility Closet Podcast epi...

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2014, a Year in Comments: Plant Thievery, Loquats, Breakfast Cerial and the Apocalypse

...imates. One thing to come out of researching the issue was discovering the Garden Professor’s Facebook page, wherein brainy horticulture types engage in a dialog on newfangled ideas. Use the search function on that page to find the subject you’re interested in. Who would have guessed that Facebook is useful for more than sharing cat photos and speculating about caftans? 5. Non-GMO Versions of Grape Nuts and Cheerios Less Nutritious Than GMO Versio...

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Plum Lemon Tomato Power’s Heirloom Tomato

...o seedling sales. Unfortunately, to add to the ignominy of our white trash gardening efforts, we somehow mislaid the names of the tomatoes we planted making our reporting efforts incomplete. We do know the name of the wondrous plum lemon tomato pictured above, well worth planting again next year. It’s a meaty, sweet, yellow tomato delicious both fresh and dried. Allegedly the seeds for this tomato originally came from an elderly seed seller in a b...

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Saturday Linkages: DIY Coffee Roasting and That Crazy Rhubarb Lady

...lynewsblog/?p=11566 … Want your kids to play outside? Rip out the lawn! by Garden Rant » good read http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/want-your-kids-to-play-outside-rip-out-the-lawn.html?utm_source=feedly … Design The Modern Seaweed House by Vandkunsten and Realdania Byg http://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/10/the-modern-seaweed-house-by-vandkunsten-and-realdania/ … Daily Flash: Jay Nelson/Mollusk Surf Shop http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lloydkahn/~3/rw0ApY0o...

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Saturday Linkages: Water Shaming, Scotts and Robot Houses

...ref=tw … Who’s more controversial – Michelle Rhee or Scotts Miracle-Gro? | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/08/whos-more-controversial-michelle-rhee-or-scotts-miracle-gro.html … See what the CEO of Scotts is like: http://on.wsj.com/1aXJvHk Can we can with real lemon juice instead of bottled juice? http://agardenerstable.com/2011/04/19/real-lemon-versus-realemon/ … The Archdruid Report: The Gray Light of Morning http://thearchdruidreport.blog...

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