Saturday Tweets: Oatmeal, Bikes and a Pickle Maker

August 1, 2015

...5Xs7x — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 28, 2015 The Skip Garden a moveable urban veggie patch built with 90% reclaimed materials http://t.co/LnpEmIPMIB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 1, 2015 ‘Sandorkraut: A Pickle Maker’ http://t.co/l04xhAZ3AF — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 30, 2015 Watch bicyclist lift and move car blocking bike path via @BoingBoing http://t.co/0ut26E2kui — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 28, 2015 On a ‘Tour De Tacos’ with L...

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Saturday Tweets: Danes and Their Garbage, Big Food and #BlackCatAppreciationDay

Mr. Homegrown

August 22, 2015

Saturday Linkages

...15 Check out @NatGeo and their #rat story. https://t.co/PYnA7ARjmJ — SoCal Urban Wildlife (@SCUWMCouncil) August 20, 2015 Spectacular, swirling custom-built stone walls and furniture via @BoingBoing http://t.co/duIaDhKwPo — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 21, 2015 Scientists study the impact of the drought on California's giant sequoias http://t.co/xduhylrmol via @SFGate — Root Simple (@rootsimple) August 21, 2015 Latest Video: how to grill s...

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Campfire Cooking: Fish in Clay (& Vegetarian Options!)

Mrs. Homegrown

December 26, 2013

Food, Foraging

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...ls, you should use clay packs instead. Pascal said that cooked this way, carrots should be done in about 15 minutes, small potatoes in about 25 minutes, full sized potatoes in an hour. To find out more about Pascal and Mia’s classes, check out Urban Outdoor Skills and Transitional Gastronomy. It’s worth a trip to Los Angeles to take a class. Their Meetup groups are The Los Angeles Wild Food and Self-Reliance Group and Foraging Foodies LA. Friend t...

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Saturday Tweets: Foxes, Library Hand and Pyracantha

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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Gallery of London's urban foxes https://t.co/Et0md5ATv7 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 An Artist Mends Cracks in the Sidewalk with Gold https://t.co/5hGw5RgHln — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs: @atlasobscura https://t.co/N9MsFVmAb3 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 17, 2017 ICYMI on the blog: in praise of pyracantha, by @gardeningshoe1 h...

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103 Ugly Little Greens with Mia Wasilevich

Mr. Homegrown

June 14, 2017

Food, Food Preservation, Foraging, Podcasts, Recipes

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...Mia’s new book Ugly Little Greens. Eating invasives. Working with mustard. Elderflower ghee. Nettle aid. Mallow. Currants. Working with acorns. Lambsquarters. Meal planning. Fish sauce. James Townsend and Two Fat Ladies. Mia’s website Transitional Gastronomy. Cottonwood Urban Farm. 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 t...

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