Kelly Update and a Great Podcast

...g focuses on do not get counted by economists. All that cooking, cleaning, gardening, child and elder care count not one bit towards the sorts of calculations economists obsess over such as gross domestic product and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This is particularly unfair to women who tend to be more responsible for what happens in the home. And let’s not even get into the ethical difficulties of placing a dollar value on human beings. It’s...

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Saturday Tweets: Cornbread Controversies, 2×4 Furniture and El Niño

...post: https://t.co/UF99bTReUp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Gardening information worthless to universities – unless someone else pays for it | Garden Rant https://t.co/1ApTgQ2ws4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 El Niño remains among strongest ever recorded, but California impacts a bit different than anticipated https://t.co/pquLBb9Bwc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Ikea for 2x4s: Building gorgeous furnit...

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Saturday Tweets: Flatworms, Potatoes and Old iPhones

...bsession:30 Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden http://t.co/HWdz2kl1bx #gardening pic.twitter.com/Exy6qaSnNK — Timber Press (@timberpress) June 26, 2015 Ash-Roasted Potatoes: Remember them in Little House on the Prairie? http://t.co/VAsVnp1mqR #NYTCooking — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 26, 2015 Ask Obama save the Arctic from Shell, because arctic critters can’t sign petitions. https://t.co/I9TznyE0EK #SaveTheArctic @savethearctic — Root Simpl...

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Saturday Tweets: Bee Stings and Doughnuts

...tps://t.co/ePDfo9XgJ1 — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) October 6, 2016 Common Gardening Practices That Hurt Bees | Garden Rant https://t.co/VTZltXQKTu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 7, 2016 Solar Power Bucket https://t.co/lskD7gXZi1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 5, 2016 The Truth About Tiny House TV Shows https://t.co/YTAEBuaC7H — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 7, 2016 Perhaps ecological and cultural restoration efforts are about rekind...

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