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100 Eric Rochow of Garden Fork on Maple Syrup, Welding and Cast Iron

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Food, Podcasts
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...ith Garden Fork impresario Eric Rochow about his adventures in maple syrup making, learning how to weld and the controversial topic of maintaining cast iron. During the show we touch on a lot of things including: Eric’s file cabinet evaporator Eric’s evaporator upgrades Eric’s flux core welding video The Instructables welding class Valpak Harbor Freight coupons Harbor Freight flux core welder Eric’s flux core welding playlist LA’s Molten Metal Wor...

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Help! I’ve got Paper Wasps

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Animals, Insects
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Around this time of year we field a lot of questions about paper wasps, likely because the nests get larger in the summer. The most popular nesting site for paper wasps around here is in the eaves of a house. When the nest is by a door people tend to get uneasy. Take a chill pill Don’t panic! Paper wasps are extremely docile and rarely sting. Most importantly, paper wasps are a beneficial insect. They eat beetle larvae, caterpillars, flies and ne...

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088 Eric of Garden Fork TV on Raised Beds, Coleslaw and Deep Frying

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Food, Gardening, Podcasts
...te Garden Fork. We talk about using pressure treated wood for raised beds, making coleslaw and Eric’s adventures in deep frying (bacon wrapped grilled cheese!) among other topics. During our conversation Eric mentions: The Garden Fork Youtube channel Pressure treated wood video Homemade pallet breaker How to build raised beds How to make coleslaw OXO salad spinner Bacon grilled cheese sandwich Deep fried Twinkies Donuts made from biscuit dough 360...

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Restoring the Original Black Box: Our Western Electric 534A Subset

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Appropriate Technology, Thoughtstylings
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...out record despite being the most highly paid player in the country at the time. When we bought our house in 1998 it contained one genuine Thomasson in a dark corner of the hallway: a phone ringer box. Somehow, over the years, the previous residents never bothered to remove the box but did feel the need to touch up the metal with a not so good black paint job. The box in question is a Western Electric 534A ringer box. Candlestick phones in the 192...

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086 The Connection Between Cats and Grain

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Animals, Bread, Cats, Food, Podcasts
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...tory, famous cats and take a detour into the world of distillery cats and ship’s cats. Special thanks to Paul Koudounaris, whose lecture inspired this podcast, and the website Purr-n-Fur for information on ship’s and distillery cats. Many thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this podcast and blog possible. 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...

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