Help us With a Fodder System for our Hens

.../run. Ideally they’d be grazing on green pasture all day. But our abundant urban predators, lack of space and dry climate make the vision of hens clucking on verdant fields a challenge. I’m thinking of building a DIY fodder system but I’m a bit confused by the instructions I’ve seen floating about the interwebs. Which is where you come in. Have you built a fodder system? Do you know any good instructions? How big should it be for five hens? Or do...

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Saturday Linkages: Can We Please Have More Underpass Chandeliers?

...fied with recycled bike chandeliers : TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/ballroom-luminoso-underpass-converted-bike-chandeliers-joe-oconnell-blessing-hancock.html … Yes, the farm bill is politically corrupt. Veto it! http://goo.gl/fb/vhLtK What’s wrong with an ugly winter garden? http://gu.com/p/3mb4a/tw The secret light of plants by Elizabeth Licata http://feedly.com/e/_hlIqNZG California Legalized Selling Food Made At Home And Cre...

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Native Plant Workshop

...birds, butterflies and hummingbirds. With only 4% of our wild lands left, urban and suburban native plant gardens will be the “make or break” difference to the support and preservation of bio-diversity. Lisa will show and tell you about several varieties of native plants as well as provide samples for sale. Immediately after the lecture in the garden we will be conducting a tour of the house to show and tell you about green products and renovatio...

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Saturday Tweets: Mobile Markets, Big Oil and Public Transit Seat Covers

...ps://t.co/sLRc08vnOk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2019 Seeing the Urban Forest for the Trees – Blogs | Planetizen https://t.co/f2FZWJv7BO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 23, 2019 Thread. https://t.co/lv4UhsW3tJ — The War on Cars (@TheWarOnCars) March 22, 2019 Virginia transit officials tried out Elon Musk’s tunnel in Los Angeles County, and here’s what they took away from it: “It’s a car in a very small tunnel.”https://t.co/mVhMKzMYJ5 —...

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