Saturday Linkages: Comfrey, a Parking Rock Star and Voracious Worms

March 22, 2014

Russian comfrey in flower. Image: Wikipedia. Does comfrey really improve soil? http://permaculturenews.org/2014/03/18/comfrey-really-improve-soil/ … Soviet Russia’s answer to the Monsanto house of the future: http://gizmodo.com/that-time-soviet-russia-built-a-house-entirely-out-of-p-1544925507/1544979348/+mattnovak/+mattnovak … No, your pot doesn’t come from enviromentally conscious hippies http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/marijuana...

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Saturday Tweets: Halloween Edition

Mr. Homegrown

October 28, 2017

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Just How Much Food Do Cities Squander? https://t.co/Tj7lhYlQdQ via @WIRED — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 27, 2017 When drivers start going on about a "War on Cars," remind them that cars in the city are a war on our children.#obesity #crashes #pollution pic.twitter.com/hlomv2sMJ1 — Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) October 24, 2017 Pictures Reveal Life Inside Tiny Futuristic Cubes https://t.co/NCmeuJMO2A via @NatGeoPhotos — Root Simple (@rootsimple)...

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Saturday Linkages: Rocket Stoves, Big Cargo Bikes and Shopping for the Apocalypse

Mr. Homegrown

May 10, 2014

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Image: BoingBoing. The Flying Tortoise: A Very Gorgeous Little Rocket Mass Type Terracotta… http://theflyingtortoise.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-very-gorgeous-little-rocket-mass-type.html?spref=tw … How to mount staghorn ferns in your garden http://bit.ly/1nosn5W #diy Getting to the root of gardening’s role in mental wellness | Victory Gardens Blog | http://buff.ly/1o3lIkd Darrel Morrison’s Addition to the Brooklyn Botanic… http://landscapeofmeaning.b...

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Saturday Tweets: Caturday!

Mr. Homegrown

November 4, 2017

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5 Ways to Print on Wood https://t.co/bcCJJ8JEY9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 31, 2017 Trees "sucking" on things https://t.co/hA7Pe4VmiI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 31, 2017 “How to train your cat” @rootsimple https://t.co/YIQ6IrW3HI — TommyBerbas (@TommyBerbas) October 28, 2017 Our photo collection is full of cute and … um interesting photos of cats: https://t.co/waPPuBFZe2 #NationalCatDay pic.twitter.com/kfwvvjAMGP — L.A. Public L...

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Saturday Linkages: Saris, Punk Rockers, Poppies and Young Agrarians

Mr. Homegrown

April 26, 2014

Saturday Linkages

...://boingboing.net/2014/04/24/humanoid-wasps-nest-built-ov.html … Punk rock homesteading resources: http://punkrockhomesteading.com/e-books/ Two new California poppy species: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/article/6751/two-new-desert-eschscholzia-papaveraceae-from%C2%A0southwestern-north-america … Contrasting Front Yards: Turf Only v. Wildlife-Filled | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/04/contrasting-front-yards-wildlife-v-turf.html...

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