Weekend Linkages: Towards a DIY Spring

April 30, 2023

...When public transportation took you to the mountains in SoCal. Image: Library of Congress. Jumping the Gap: Where Green Transphobia Leads DIY smart watering system Easy Way to Clean Gutters AI pizza ad Kim Gordon Denies Getting Bit By A Coyote At Whole Foods H.P. Lovecraft’s Completely Normal Obsession with Cats...

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Tuesday Morning Fruit Linkages

Mr. Homegrown

September 2, 2008

Gardening

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We’ve been reading Adam Leith Gollner’s entertaining book The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession and Gollner mentions a number of intreguing internet resources, perfect for a little post holiday weekend surfing: More than you ever wanted to know about the world’s smelliest fruit: Durian (Durian Palace) The California Rare Fruit Growers, “Pushing the Limits of Fruit Growing, Worldwide” (CRFG) The world’s largest f...

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Weekend Linkages for Your Memorial Day

Mr. Homegrown

May 30, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...Crypto posters on telephone poles–signs of a bubble? How to Watch the (Potential) Tau Herculids Meteor Shower Tonight Gardeners use plant dyes to combat toxic chemicals used by fashion industry End of an era as New York removes last public payphone Eelgrass is an ancestral food in Sonora’s Comcaac community. Now it’s gaining global attention Much warmer and drier second half of May, and some thoughts about summer to come...

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Weekend Linkages: Bikes, Cats, Cars and House Flips

Mr. Homegrown

September 18, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...Driving an EV does not make you pro-environment ‘Too many close calls’: why some US cyclists quit riding bikes on streets 12 Tiny Homes Destroyed and 10 Damaged in Fire at the West LA VA Cats Stealing Food in Still Life Paintings Dig this floor plan Okay, this really is the worst house flip ever...

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Weekend Linkages: Too Many Cars

Mr. Homegrown

September 11, 2022

Saturday Linkages

...Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution Milwaukee, 1870s & 2022 Mr. Biden tear down this highway Tiny Houses, Big Dangers for Homeless People ‘An unfinishable, endless house’: the untold story of Casa Sperimentale All types of drywall and concrete anchors DIY Low Cost Floating Valve for Low Tech Irrigation Automation With Ollas...

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