Weekend Tweets: Poppies, Insane Comics and Black Metal Cats

April 30, 2016

...nia poppies bring CA sunshine wherever they grow! https://t.co/bFeKr66P7e #flowers #history pic.twitter.com/3aMFNOtv8I — Sarah Stierch (@Sarah_Stierch) April 25, 2016 Astydamia latifolia grows on bare rock on N African coasts (+ Canaries). Relative of rock samphire. Love this plant! pic.twitter.com/q9RpE2ltXA — Chris Thorogood (@thorogoodchris1) April 24, 2016 Insane Comic Books Warn Phoenix Children That Biking Will Kill Them https://t.co/77XRpb1...

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Going to Seed

Mrs. Homegrown

June 24, 2016

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Nature Awareness, Vegetable Gardening

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...en up all that anxiety, and I revel in this time. The insects feast on the flowers which bloom on our lettuce, our arugula, our radishes, our mustard, our fennel. Predatory wasps hunt alongside lady bugs and diligent bees of all types. We have more birds than ever in our yard, and they love our overgrown, browning beds, because of course they’re eating the seeds or the bugs on the ripening plants. They would not, however, allow me to take any pict...

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Rucola Selvatica A Foglia D’ulivo: the arugula you’ve never heard of

Mr. Homegrown

March 7, 2016

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...e the plant. The leaves are indeed shaped like olive leaves and the edible flowers are yellow rather than the usual off-white. I sow blocks of arugula seed every two weeks in the winter to guarantee a continuous supply. We had some hot weather so it went to seed a little faster than usual. One of the reasons I like arugula is that there are no insect problems, at least here in Los Angeles. My mom’s late Greek neighbor used to grow at least four va...

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Branch Weaving & Climbing Structure Workshop

Mr. Homegrown

January 29, 2016

Events

...Valley into a playful sculptural garden installation that will grow native flowers as well as vegetables and fruits. Come and learn about weaving tuteurs, composting, mulching, water harvesting, and large structure wood weaving, and how to make a climbing structure for kids all from found wood. All workshops are led by artist/activist Jeeyun Ha. This is a four part Workshop, where you can attend one workshop at a time or all four. This is Workshop...

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067 Wild Drinks and Cocktails With Emily Han

Mr. Homegrown

November 4, 2015

Fermentation, Food, Food Preservation, Foraging, Podcasts

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...raging” and how you can use easily foraged herbs, fruits, pine needles and flowers to make shrubs, switchels, tonics and infusions. Emily also shares her easy distillation method and advice on what to do with all those prickly pear fruits! If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme mu...

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