Saturday Tweets: Sheds, Roots and Odd Pie Shapes

...onse we got: http://t.co/THoKAXC7OS pic.twitter.com/GhWCH8feGr — Telegraph Gardening (@TeleGardening) May 8, 2015 The real story behind the demise of America’s once-mighty streetcars http://t.co/lTZWUjdk3g via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 8, 2015 Odd pie shapes of the 17th century: http://t.co/4Zhy9HZOaO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 7, 2015 An indoor garden built of veg scraps–looks like a fun thing for kids (and maybe some adults...

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047 Done is Better Than Perfect

...k Radio episode 377). Eric covers all kinds of DIY topics: everything from gardening, to beekeeping to slow cooking to, well, just about anything you can think of. He also produces an excellent podcast. During our interview we discuss: Raised beds Hoop houses Crawl space vents for hoop houses Foraging for garlic mustard Bread Earth and Fire ebook Decluttering Beekeeping Honeybeesuite.com Mite treatment Keeping bees in the winter Mudsongs.org That...

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The Wonder of Worms

...lly as effective as all that has become a bit of a hot-button topic in the gardening community–and a subject on which Erik and I remain firmly agnostic. Until we know more, we’re using the castings as nature provides them. That way, the nutrients are delivered with a fraction of the work (and expense), and if the soil is healthy, the plants shouldn’t need a lot of help with pests and diseases. Invasive worms? While we’re on the subject of controve...

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Tools for Conquering Internet Addiction

...oticed that I’m having a harder time initiating and completing the sort of gardening, cooking, food preservation and general DIY projects that provide fodder for this blog and for our books. I think it’s time for some drastic action. It’s time to limit certain highly additive and often counter-productive Internet activities such as email, social media and general surfing not related to my core mission. Two tools I’m evaluating are LeechBlock, whic...

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Our Phoebe is gone

...ite place. She was an indoor cat, but I’d bring her out with me when I was gardening, and she’d dig holes and stalk bugs and watch the chickens and enjoy the wind in her face. I’ll remember her purring and kneading Erik’s stomach, something she did every morning until she became sick. It was an odd ritual, and one that made Erik wince and complain, but which I could tell he secretly loved. I’ll remember her purr itself, which was deep, almost subs...

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