What’s Buried in Your Backyard?
...fume, because this tiny bottle has a very narrow, flow restricting opening. What have you found while digging on your homestead?...
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133 Trees of Power with Akiva Silver
...lk to Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm, described in his author bio as a “homestead, nut orchard and nursery located in Spencer, New York where he grows around 20,000 trees a year using practices that go beyond organic.” Akiva’s background is in “foraging, wilderness survival and primitive skills.” He is also the author of Trees of Power: Ten Essential Arboreal Allies (Amazon, library) just published by Chelsea Green. In our conversation we discu...
How to Put Together a Small Scale Solar System
.../magazines/websites I’ve combed through in search of a basic tutorial for anything less than wiring up a whole house. Now I know how thanks to a podcast conversation between Eric of Garden Fork and Will of the Weekend Homestead. Will describes how he rigged up a few panels and batteries to power lights and charge tools in his off-grid barn. Check out the show notes for the specific parts Will used to put together his system....
Our New Open Floor Plan
...Here’s the existing floor plan, which was probably configured this way sometime in the 1960s: And here’s what it will look like when put back to its original configuration as a one bedroom house: Note the more open floor plan with the room on the left opening into the living room: Rather than try to do all the work myself I’ve decided to do only the carpentry. I’m going to leave the drywalling, painting and electrical work to professionals. Having...
118 Eric of Garden Fork on Old Houses, Queen Bees and Ramps
...ow Eric mentions: His live question and answer session Will of the Weekend Homestead New York City water tower video Raising queen bees Better Bee Pacific Ready Cut catalog New York Times article on the over harvesting of ramps Growing your own ramps Eric’s cornpone disaster If you’d like 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 our podcast in the iTun...