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Rick goes on the road transporting Cairn Terrier rescue dogs around the country and tells us about it. There are dog rescue groups for all sorts of breeds, a web search will show you who they are. Rick tells of driving his Prius across the country several times recently, getting good gas mileage and camping…
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Erik Knutzen of Root Simple joins Eric to catch up on Erik’s baking bread in L.A. with local grains. He has found that if you use whole wheat bread, you eat less bread, and its more healthy. Erik helped found the Los Angeles Bread Bakers meetup, and things have been going very well, he likes…
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Rick tells us about this new rescue dog, and how it all came about. Never knew dogs got to fly for free in private planes. Nice. There are a bunch of dog photos on the new GardenFork Group on Facebook here. Eric talks about a new podcast he likes, Someone Knows Something, from the CBC…
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I’m a big fan of Bob and his YouTube channel, I Like To Make Stuff, the website, and his mindset is similar to mine: make stuff and share it. Bob was kind enough to take a few moments to go over some tools and techniques he uses to make stuff. I like how Bob makes…
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If you use Epsom salts when planting tomatoes, will you get bigger tomatoes? Find out on this episode of the GardenFork Radio podcast. Erin joins Eric to talk gardening myths, and we find out which ones work and which ones don’t. Epsom Salts, Fact or Fiction? Does using Epsom salts with tomatoes help? Use treated…
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Rick joins Eric to talk for this episode of the GardenFork podcast. Eric tells of his trip to Austin to meet with GardenFork sponsor Troy-Bilt and meet up with rest of the Saturday 6 bloggers. The community service project, reviving a community garden, was done working with Planet In Action. Rick tells about his LED…
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The best camera to use is the one in your hand! Eric and Rick discuss what cameras they use and why. Plus how to store your photos and display them. Rick has this Canon DSLR camera: http://amzn.to/1o2Wc1s Recommends this great small camera: http://amzn.to/1KUyfOG And uses a portable hard drive to back up his memory cards: http://amzn.to/1KUxKnB Rick…
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Tracy joins Eric to talk more about how they moved their parents into care facilities, emptied the house, and sold it. In our previous podcast about taking care of our parents, we talked about working with a medicare consultant or elder care laywer, this was very helpful for us. Getting power of attorney is the…
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Erin of The Impatient Gardener joins Eric to talk about garden trends and what Erin see happening in the garden design world, something Eric knows nothing about, so this should be interesting. White Gardens are big, but the number of plants are limited with that color. Boxwood is also all over the place in the…
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We talk about Fruit Walls, which we read about on the site Low Tech Magazine. Fruit Walls are tall thick walls made to absorb the heat of the sun and create a micro climate to grow warm weather fruits in France, Belgium and Europe. This is where the espalier concept of pruning – training of…
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The camera operator joins Eric to talk about resolutions vs goals, how to run a general store, and when its time to hire someone to do work in your house. • You can subscribe to GardenFork Radio on iTunes here. We touch on hiring people to install a tile floor in the kitchen and…
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Pipe wrenches are great for plumbing, but they are also great tools for getting stuff un-stuck. I have several of them, up to 36″ in length. I have two of the 3′ ones, btw. They have a neat clamping mechanism that makes it easy to remove them from a nut or pipe and reset…
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Rick joins Eric to talk about grow lights, Rick bought these LED grow lights and likes them. We move on to mousetraps and what works. Here is the Victor electronic mouse trap Eric uses. Rick has built the hoop house cold frame with the wire mesh support. Here is the link for the thermatic vent…
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Eric does a solo show this week talking about an eclectic mix, as usual. First we touch on a simple medical procedure that saves lives and gets a bad rap. Then we talk about vacuums and how to plant garlic. And meeting up with friends in the minimalist pottery barn style coffee cafe. It is…
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Mike and Rick are on the show today to talk about how Mike lost 50 pounds with simple diet. Not a fad diet like eating grapefruit or something like that. Below is Mike’s simple diet plan: I’m not going to go very far into how tired and unhealthy I was, I know most people will…
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Linn from the YouTube Channel and website Darbin Orvar joins Eric to talk about the maker movement, being inspired by what other people create, and how to apply stain to your woodworking. Eric always sweats the finish process of woodworking projects, Darbin doesn’t. We learn that there is more than one way to apply stain,…
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Erin of The Impatient Gardener joins us to talk about the lost art of letter writing, she is reading Dear Friend and Gardener, a collection of letters between two friends. We ponder whether we have friends to write to, and then what are their mailing addresses? We touch on Mail Art, which Eric has created…
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GardenFork Patron Scott joins us to talk about his career as an agronomist on a large scale farm in Alberta, Canada and his backyard gardening with rain barrels. Scott describes himself as: Agronomist. Husband & Father. Avid gardener. Love to read. Freethinker. Love to learn new technology. After listening to this podcast, you’ll see this…
