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Nomadic Furniture

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...ma shopping at American Apparel–cool in a cognitive dissonance sort of way, but a bit too edgy to wrap my head around. A set of hexagonal stools, on the other hand, might make a nice addition to my new hexagonal garden beds. Many thanks to Kendra for giving me a copy of this book. I should also note that there is a Nomadic Furniture 2 and 3. And you can watch a lecture by Hennessy: http://vimeo.com/74444897...

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California’s Drought and What To Do About It

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Thoughtstylings, Water and Power
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...r and encourage beneficial wildlife. I consider them part of the vegetable garden, in a way. I just made a major change to our laundry to landscape greywater system–more on this in another post. I’ve consulted historical irrigation data to more intelligently program our drip irrigation system. Keep in mind that 77% of California’s water use goes to agriculture (the media tends to forget this). Residential water use is a small part of the total. Th...

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A viewing suggestion from the media arm of Root Simple

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Domesticus, Food, Gardening, Preparedness, Resources, Thoughtstylings
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...related to parsley, which I’ve never heard of but now want to plant in my garden. Tips on calligraphy done with quills. Did you know the quill has to be almost horizontal in the hand? And how to make a paintbrush out of a feather and a stick. Marvelously clever, and the secret to the fine lines in illuminated manuscripts. How to make a magnifying glass out for working the detail in said illuminated manuscripts. How a Tudor gentleman literally sew...

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Saturday Linkages: Fire Plows, Kite Fishing and Roundup-Ready Turfgrass

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Saturday Linkages
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...ring, Hacking, and Repurposing Electronics http://feedly.com/e/x1zb0NgL Low-Tech Kite-Fishing in the Indo-Pacific http://feedly.com/e/vKNPtHlq The Public Food Forest: Clever Solution or Future Flop? by Evelyn Hadden http://feedly.com/e/6x1OCfMz Coming soon – Roundup-Ready Turfgrass | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/02/coming-soon-round-up-ready-turfgrass.html … Author Builds Tiny Solar-Powered Off Grid Cabin for Under 2000 http://inhabitat....

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Land Shark!

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This stunning garden sculpture is by an Australian artist, Brett Martin. I love the way it hovers over the grass and, best of all, swivels in the wind. Martin says, I try to use as much recycled materials as possible. I used salvaged timber from building sites, a swivel chair, old table base, many hundreds of tin cans collected from neighbours and 5000 pot rivets. I live at Congo, the south coast of New South Wales and based this 3.5m beauty on a...

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