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Native Plant Workshop

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Events, Native Plants
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...birds, butterflies and hummingbirds. With only 4% of our wild lands left, urban and suburban native plant gardens will be the “make or break” difference to the support and preservation of bio-diversity. Lisa will show and tell you about several varieties of native plants as well as provide samples for sale. Immediately after the lecture in the garden we will be conducting a tour of the house to show and tell you about green products and renovatio...

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Gardening Resources in Los Angeles County

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Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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...damage from a limb falling down on your roof in the next big winter storm. Fruit Trees/Berries Bay Laurel Nursery (mail order bare root). Order in the fall for January/February delivery. Get your order in soon as they often sell out of popular trees. Get trees with low chill hour requirements. Look up your chill hours here. Paradise Nursery in Chatsworth. Papaya Tree Nursery in Granada Hills. Check out Dave Wilson Nursery’s handy guide to backyard...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2017

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Saturday Linkages
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...domestic waste water in Spanish research study. https://t.co/wlqle1JUUv — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) December 24, 2017 Yogurt In An Instant Pot? cc: @rootsimple #instantpot https://t.co/K64VfIWZZN — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) December 24, 2017 Orange tree leaves for a taste of the tropics https://t.co/eR5sjcslCj pic.twitter.com/IEBgIt2kPJ — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) December 25, 2017 This @kcrw interview with UCLA urban plann...

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A Sports Utility Bicycle

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Bikes
...cess was the ingenious Xtracycle, a cargo bike ideal for the challenges of urban American streets. The Xtracycle extends the back wheel of the bike and is essentially a huge pannier bag with a skateboard-like seat. We’ve managed to haul four bags of groceries, the same amount we used to carry in my car, and we’re talking heavy stuff here including watermelons and glass bottles. The Xtracycle handles well even with heavy loads – the ride is smooth...

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A Homegrown Revolution manifesto by way of a short (true) story.

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Bikes
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1. Fitness is part of the urban homesteading thing So on our daily bike ride to the downtown YMCA we spotted four tires laying by the side of the road. 2. Try to grow as much food as you can Tires are a great way to grow potatoes–we’ll explain this when we try it ourselves. Meanwhile you can read about doing this, as well as many other uses for old tires in the informative archives of Backwoods Home Magazine. 3. Cargo bikes rule Later on in the d...

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