Saturday Tweets: Touch Your Opuntia

April 14, 2018

Did you know? Stamens of many Opuntia flowers respond to touch. #plantsarecool #pokingthings #cacti pic.twitter.com/rIqJMmgV3B — Jennifer Possley (@JennPossley) April 10, 2018 Eat. Mor. Figs.@CaFigs @ValleyFig https://t.co/RaSOARO7T0 — Ernest Miller (@RLMProvisions) April 13, 2018 One of the reasons I love this herbal so much is that, in addition to the beautiful drawings (mugwort in this instance), there are intricate scenes in the background of...

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Saturday Linkages: Poultry Shaming, Horse Treadmills and Garden Snark

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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Image: Thirdroar. Poultry shaming: http://www.thirdroar.com/journal/2014/2/24/public-poultry-shaming.html … Russian Man Uses Horse Treadmill to Power Log Splitter http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/russian-man-uses-horse-treadmill-to-power-chainsaw-1532466975 … Garden Variety SNARK | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/02/garden-variety-snark.html … Pison eu, Colon grossum! http://wp.me/p4bjRl-5V Reviving forgotten recipes: http://www.thesmartset....

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Saturday Tweets: LA’s Grim Streets, Being the Change and More Medieval Marginalia

Mr. Homegrown

April 21, 2018

Saturday Linkages

At some point, Vision Zero has to become more than yet another PR campaign designed to make him look like he's ready to president: Garcetti backpedals, proposes more modest increase in VZ funding https://t.co/tAPLLYAQdD — sahra (@sahrasulaiman) April 20, 2018 A new documentary is out about Being the Change! Do all you can. 🙂 https://t.co/IlesTIsHNF — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 20, 2018 China escalates the war on jaywalkers with automa...

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Saturday Tweets: Tanning Fish, Trees and Dealing with Medieval Mansplainers

Mr. Homegrown

April 28, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...gy #wildCraft #SHTF #prepper #tanning #fishing #Inuit #salmon #Alaska — TheUrbanAboriginal (@TheUrbanAbo) April 27, 2018 A study shows Seattle's poorest neighborhoods have less than one-fifth the tree canopy of the city's wealthier areas. https://t.co/MxHaIbBI3N — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 26, 2018 When you want a small base for a $26 LED light and things get out of control. The classic posable desk lamp design is really fun to...

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Saturday Tweets: Crab Apples, Climate Change and a Bear Parade

Mr. Homegrown

December 9, 2017

Saturday Linkages

Check out “CJR: Survival Stories: Lessons on how to cover climate change” this Monday in Echo Park: https://t.co/BIgJJMEgga @Eventbrite — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 9, 2017 How to grow crab apple trees | Alys Fowler https://t.co/1i3EOq4lBj pic.twitter.com/3eL0688yqT — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) December 9, 2017 How to make a penny floor or tabletop: https://t.co/yMciogCa5z — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 7, 2017 Ecomoderni...

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