Saturday Tweets: Dubious Tips, Growing Furniture and So Much More

April 18, 2015

Gardening in the Age of Pinterest: Dubious Online Garden Tips http://t.co/Fm48N2bfiP via @WVgardenguru — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 17, 2015 Skyglow: Timelapse film dedicated to the need for light-pollution-free skies for stargazing via @BoingBoing http://t.co/SBBVj0q9Tx — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 17, 2015 If homeless people can’t sleep outside, Apple customers shouldn’t either http://t.co/Mh3sDHRZYk via @dailydot — Root Simple (@root...

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Saturday Tweets: Alan Chadwick, Thinking Plants and the Best Restroom in America

Mr. Homegrown

November 14, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...//t.co/kUjqVnX0BC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 10, 2015 Do plants think? James Wong (@botanygeek) considers the evidence https://t.co/3bukQpPoHV pic.twitter.com/TboHRIUh1u — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) November 10, 2015 Fixing potholes with ice cream mosaics: https://t.co/IZLfxs7t2x — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 10, 2015...

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Picture Sundays: Josephine Baker Tending Vegetables

Mr. Homegrown

January 24, 2016

Picture Sundays

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...Looks like Baker’s talent extended to gardening!...

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Saturday Tweets: Cornbread Controversies, 2×4 Furniture and El Niño

Mr. Homegrown

February 6, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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...post: https://t.co/UF99bTReUp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Gardening information worthless to universities – unless someone else pays for it | Garden Rant https://t.co/1ApTgQ2ws4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 El Niño remains among strongest ever recorded, but California impacts a bit different than anticipated https://t.co/pquLBb9Bwc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Ikea for 2x4s: Building gorgeous furnit...

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Mosaic Artist Jeffrey Bale

Mr. Homegrown

February 22, 2016

Design, Garden Design, Gardening

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Jeffrey Bale is one of my gardening heroes and this video is, in my opinion, mandatory viewing. Bale’s artistic medium is the pebble mosaic and he’s taken his craft to levels not seen since the ancients. Bale spends three months every year traveling the world and searching for inspiration for his work. His astonishingly beautiful and insightful blog chronicles his travels and work. Bale captures what I think is missing in a lot of contemporary ar...

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