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This summer, I emptied our small, above-ground swimming pool twice and used the water on my vegetables and fruit trees. What were the results? Thus far, I haven’t observed any response in any plant that indicates the water was harmful. Swimming pool water has the potential to damage plants and soil because of the chemicals […] The post Using swimming pool water on vegetables and fruit trees appeared first on …

The original: Non ha l’ottimo artista alcun concetto c’un marmo solo in sé non circonscriva col suo superchio, e solo a quello arriva la man che ubbidisce all’intelletto. Il mal ch’io fuggo, e ’l ben ch’io mi prometto, in te, donna leggiadra, altera e diva, tal si nasconde; e perch’io più non viva, contraria ho l’arte al disïato effetto. Amor dunque non ha, né tua beltate o durezza o fortuna …

We’ve a bonus blog post for you this week. Earlier this month Cardi B welcomed her third child. In today’s post, pulled from the pages of Ma’Chell M. Duma’s 33 1/3 on Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, we look at how rap is becoming more matriarchal and the expectations placed on mothers in popular music. Excerpt from Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, by Ma’Chell M. Duma One of the principle …

American Pellitory (Parietaria pennsylvanica) is a common edible weed with an affinity for walls and sidewalk cracks sometimes called pellitory of the wall. As common as it is, the fact that it's edible isn't well known among foragers. Although it probably won't change your life, its pleasant taste of cucumber might surprise you. Today we'll... Read More The post Pennsylvania Pellitory: An Edible Weed That Tastes Like Cucumber appeared first …

The 2024 field season was our 41st, from the glaciers perspective it was the fourth consecutive year of exceptional mass loss, leading to thinning, retreat and glacier loss. Below are images from the field season and reflections on each from the varied perspectives of our field team and field partners. Coleman Glacier, Mount Baker at the golden hour as we just finished work. Cal Waichler: This season I ask what …

How 12,000 tons of food waste transformed a barren landscape (via Mefi). A skyscraper-sized tsunami vibrated through the entire planet a year ago and no one saw. Apparently there had been a cruise ship in the fjord the day before it happened. Turns out the soft cell was around long before the early 1980s. How and why sauces break (via Mefi) prompted me to try the flourless cheese sauce recipe—warm …

Tischlein, deck dich! While waiting for its first sitters, this table set for three enjoys the late afternoon sun.

If you are a fellow aficionado of cheap and cheerful Northern Soul compilations you will know one of the downsides is that certain tracks crop up again and again, which is often a price worth paying to get unexpected or lost gems. One of the repeat offenders is Laura Greene’s ‘Music, Moonlight and You’, which is fine by me as I am incredibly fond of the spoken introduction, where Laura …

Dina comes home beaming with new pictures of grey seals. We wonder why she keeps photographing what she has already successfully photographed.“Why go to the trouble of a long strenuous walks to photograph what you photographed many times before?” Siri asks cheekily.Dina: “Because I enjoy it. And I never know what I’ll meet out there.”Siri ...

What can philosophical preoccupations such as dialectics offer a world in the grip of a existential environmental crisis? For most commentators, indeed for most people concerned about the environment, the crisis is a technological one. Humans, the argument goes, use the wrong technologies, the wrong energy sources or use too much natural resources leading to depletion, exhaustion and pollution.

Earlier this month I had a few minutes to spare downtown so I decided to take a walk around Gold Medal Park. It’s a beautiful park on the east side of downtown. Not too long ago it used to be a large parking lot. Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure I saw Cirque du Soleil in this very spot back in the early 2000s when it was just …

Saturday morning at Moorewood Colliery. And down at the coal canal, Pete & Dud are chatting to Boatman Brian about his new unsinkable narrowboat which is made almost entirely from balsa wood by a company called Craftline. The same company also produced the pithead, that too is also made of balsa wood and is also unsinkable. Driver Stavros the Steam is pottering about the sidings pushing wagons from here to …

I’ve been using Structured for more than 150 days, and I’m delighted to say that it has significantly increased my productivity. My ability to plan out my days efficiently has greatly improved thanks to the app, and I now have much better time management. The visual timeline feature really shines. Watching my day unfold visually has reshaped how I tackle my tasks. It’s like having a personal compass for the …

I first learned of bonnets and hats being made of luffa sponge only a couple years ago. I found the idea of a bonnet made from a squash to be both fantastical and completely practical. I figured I would be lucky to ever see one behind glass in a display. I never imagined I would […]

I meet so many aspiring designers who proudly assert that they’re really good at “ideas”. The world does not need more idea people, at least until it catches up on the inspiring backlog of Matt Webb’s ideas. We need to make home-defragging robots before dreaming up new things to buy.