Saturday Tweets: Let’s Get That Triforium Working Again!

December 5, 2015

...mple) December 5, 2015 What is the Triforium, and why should we rehabilitate it? https://t.co/PidixDxKDI via @KPCCofframp pic.twitter.com/HoC8Bfm8UX — 89.3 KPCC (@KPCC) December 5, 2015 Urban+Transport+Without+the+Hot+Air:+confusing+the+issue+with+relevant+facts!+https://t.co/XlSybNCpY0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 3, 2015...

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Why We Have No Vegetables: Raccoon Gangs

Mr. Homegrown

March 24, 2015

Animals, Gardening

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...mpoline/wrestling ring. Apologies for the haphazardly applied banjo music. The Crittercam may have revealed an emergent phenomena: raccoons in urban locations discovering the benefits of social behavior....

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040 Natural Beekeeper Kirk Anderson

Mr. Homegrown

March 25, 2015

Animals, Bees, Podcasts

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...ees Michael Bush’s method of re-queening a hot hive How to keep bees in an urban environment Why Kirk doesn’t use foundation What’s ailing the bees and what’s wrong with the big beekeepers Movie: More Than Honey Langstroth vs. top bar Kirk’s and Russel Bates’ how-to videos on Youtube Kirk on Facebook If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to...

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What does the loving landscape look like?

Mrs. Homegrown

April 16, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening

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...first, was transformed by nature into a sort of secret park known only to urban explorers–and then, beginning in 2006, was refashioned into a much loved public attraction by a team of architects and designers. If you can get your hands on Walking the High Line by Joel Sternfeld, it’s well worth a look to see how nature had gained a strong foothold in on the train tracks before the designers moved in, even though she had to work high in the air on...

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Saturday Tweets: Holiday Weekend Edition

Mr. Homegrown

May 23, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...be born: https://t.co/UGG7C8WNWH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 21, 2015 Urban Farmers Say It's Time They Got Their Own Research Farms http://t.co/E9XucbOcfb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 21, 2015 Green Hot Sauce recipe: http://t.co/mD1xjPt4z9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 22, 2015 Not a new video, but thoughtful and beautiful re: handcraft: A World Through the Hands http://t.co/992T4RhuWk via @beingtweets — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May...

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