Happy New Year 2017!

January 3, 2017

...ank Eric Rochow of Garden Fork for recording an episode of the Root Simple podcast that I will put up tomorrow. The podcast features an interview with a very gifted photographer named Babs Perkins. As for New Years resolutions, after trying both publicly announced resolutions (a big mistake) and privately held resolutions (also unsuccessful), I’ve decided to forgo the idea altogether in favor of a vague notion of just staying positive, grateful an...

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098 Kelly’s Aortic Dissection Adventure

Mr. Homegrown

February 16, 2017

Podcasts

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...al personnel on how to better recognize the symptoms. Kelly did not have a heart attack, but it’s always good to review the subtle symptoms of heart attacks experienced by women. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this...

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102 Beekeeping Controversies With Susan Rudnicki

Mr. Homegrown

May 31, 2017

Animals, Bees, Podcasts

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...Reducing entrances. Queen excluders. Screened bottom boards. Straightening crooked comb. Eight frame boxes. The problem with organic treatments. Les Crowder’s “Top Bar Beekeeping.” If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of thi...

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104 Erin Schanen the Impatient Gardener

Mr. Homegrown

June 28, 2017

Gardening, Podcasts

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...ed path. Websites: The Impatient Gardener, Impatient Gardener on Facebook and Instagram, @impatientgarden on Twitter. Special thanks to Eric of Garden Fork for introducing me to Erin! If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of...

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110 A Report from the 2017 National Heirloom Expo

Mr. Homegrown

September 20, 2017

Food, Gardening, Permaculture, Podcasts, Vegetable Gardening

...Mushrooms and Bay Area Green Tours. Peter Gilmore, executive chef of Quay and Bennelong in the Sydney Opera House. Here’s Chef Gilmore at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OxA_W90Spo If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by R...

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