Garden Update Part II: The Good the Bad and a Lot of Ugly

...f blower. There I said it, I have a leaf blower. Yes, a leaf blower is the gardening equivalent of vaping but it does make cleaning up faster. Don’t worry, I leave the leaves in place to enrich the soil. The leaf blower just helps me clear the hardscaping. There’s actually a nice brick patio under the weeds and clutter here. Ugh, more junk. Here’s the nice new patio the Haynes landscaping folks built. The adobe oven is under a blue tarp. Blue tarp...

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Digital Götterdämmerung

...ill. But your hobby could also be something like sewing, welding, cooking, gardening, volunteering or learning a musical instrument. Reclaim conversation by shutting off the phone. Join something and be a part of a face to face group. Take up a sport. Newport contends that at the end of the month long digital fast you’ll find that services you looked at compulsively will lose their charm. This has already happened to me with Instagram. I took a lo...

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138 Erics Gone Wild

...rk using a bonding agent such as Weld-Crete De-cluttering the garage A big gardening problem Building a boat Gavin Atkin Ultra Simple Boat Building 17 Plywood Boats Anyone Can Build Storer Boat Plans Fixing a canoe Insulation and new windows You can also find Eric on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. 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 t...

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Weekend Linkages: All Play and No Work

...Drawing by finish architect Uno Ullberg, 1903. Bicycle powered car All Work and No Play Google Maps Provided Users With a ‘Potentially Fatal’ Hiking Trail on This Mountain Historic “Garden City” is Surprisingly Anti-Gardening Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist Weird fractal Romanesco cauliflowers start life as failed flowers...

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Root Simple at Nature Fest March 18 and 19

...lesser known publications at a steep discount as well as answering random homesteading questions. We’d love to meet you in person! The Natural History Museum is one of my favorite places in LA. The event will feature: Over 30 exhibitor booths in partnership with local organizations Access to scientists and nature experts to answer all your questions Live animal presentations, stage performances and nature walks Expert tips on how to attract wildl...

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