Your Chicken Questions Answered

August 12, 2014

...Image: Hencam.com. I’ll be interviewing poultry expert, author and HenCam.com blogger Terry Golson for the Root Simple Podcast this Thursday morning. If you have any chicken questions you’d like me to ask leave them in the comments for this post....

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Is Ham Radio Useful?

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2014

Preparedness

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...ly radio service) frequencies–all for $40–the BaoFeng UV-5RE. The Survival Podcast did a whole episode on radios you should have in an emergency and the BaoFeng features prominently in the pantheon of zombie apocalypse communications equipment discussed on that show. I can’t speak from experience about the BaoFeng as I have a Yaesu FT-60. But, combined with a battery operated AM/FM radio, the BaoFeng would make a nice addition to your emergency su...

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Hundertwasser: Architecture as Spontaneous Vegetation

Mr. Homegrown

October 28, 2014

Design

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One of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible, just did an episode about Austrian outsider architect Tausendsassa Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (“Multi-Talented Peace-Filled Rainy Day Dark-Colored Hundred Waters” in German). Hundertwasser viewed straight lines as an affront to both God and creativity. He was also a big fan of humanure, mold (!) and, just like Alexandro Jodorowsky, did the occasional speaking gig completely nude. Li...

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Video Sundays: Sacred Economics

Mr. Homegrown

November 16, 2014

Picture Sundays

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...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZkQv25uEs [Editors note 2022: I’ve come to see Eisenstein’s thinking as deeply flawed listen to this podcast for what I agree are many of the problems with his work]...

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The Biochar Solution

Mr. Homegrown

November 25, 2014

Gardening

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...hors its not easy to achieve proper pyrolysis at home. And they caution that biochar can cause problems for acid loving plants and worms. I’m interviewing a biochar expert for our podcast today. Look for that episode in two weeks. Have you used biochar? What do you think of the purchased versus home brew options?...

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