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Post Petroleum Lecture

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Miscellaneous
...f a brand new book The Post Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook will be speaking at the Audubon Center at Debs Park on Saturday March 24th as part of the 2007 Sustainable Habitats Lecture Series. The series is put together by permaculture expert David Khan, and those of you who missed the last lecture, raw milk outlaw and dairyman Mark McAfee, missed an engaging, and provocative afternoon. So don’t miss this next one! From Khan’s announcement: A...

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Plymouth Rock Monthly

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Animals, Chickens
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...blisher of the Plymouth Rock Monthly, collapsed down to 200 members from a peak of 2,000. Thankfully, interest in keeping chickens is now on the rise again and an informative magzine, Backyard Poultry has been revived. Plymouth Rock fans can read an artcile about the breed in the latest issue of Backyard Poultry. Speaking of poultry, the American Poultry Association will be holding their annual meet in nearby Ventura, California on October 25th an...

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Saturday Linkages: Beetle Party, Floating Homes and Cilantro

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Saturday Linkages
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...ks https://t.co/Euw432jyF4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 7, 2018 At the peak of its technological advancement, human civilization became enthralled with a form of machinery known as the “car.” In order to make space for these deadly, highly inefficient machines, large portions of human cities were replaced with uninhabitable concrete barrens. pic.twitter.com/t178MD8GN0 — Nick (@WallaNWalla) June 5, 2018 In essence, if Uber/Lyft trips are replac...

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How to Avoid “Avocado Hand”

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Food
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...tip of my index finger My mind is slowly creating a link From your mouth speaks your lovely voice The softest words ever spoken “What’s broken can always be fixed What’s fixed will always be broken” You put your arms around me You put your arms around me You put your arms around me You put your arms around I must have passed out on the porch Dreamt I was carried in a kangaroo’s pouch When I wake up, I’m in the waiting room On a dirty hospital cou...

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What is a Swarm of Bees and What Should I Do About It?

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Animals, Bees
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...neybees in a Mediterranean climate such as Los Angeles. Speaking of which, peak swarm season begins earlier here than in colder places and swarms can happen anytime of the year including our “winter.” Image: Wikipedia. Basic Swarm Biology Swarms are the way honeybee colonies reproduce. As with all matters related to the biology of the honeybee, it’s easier to think of a colony as a single super-organism rather than thousands of individuals. Swarmi...

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