Visit the Eco-Home

April 3, 2009

Events

...sited her beautiful “Eco-Home”, now is the time. She’s a pioneer in edible landscaping, solar power, and many other things we all now take for granted. Best of all, you can take a tour: “Since the 1970’s, April has been home to Earth Day. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “the Green Generation,” and what better way to strengthen your role as part of this movement than by learning how to make your own life more earth-friendly and sustainable b...

Read…

Bee Trellis

Mr. Homegrown

November 6, 2017

Animals, Bees

13 Comments

...realization that our 1920s house looks best when surrounded by fuddy-duddy landscaping (that flipper fence was a mistake!). Inspired by a trellis in the front yard of a house in the neighborhood, I sketched out a few ideas on paper and then spent an afternoon with Sketchup finalizing the design. Not liking the trellis options in the Big Orange Store, I opted to build mine from scratch in the workshop. Digging, setting the posts and final assembly...

Read…

Saturday Linkages: Modem Sounds, HOAs, and Hand Counting

Mr. Homegrown

September 10, 2016

Saturday Linkages

Homeowners' associations are not allowed to ban drought-tolerant landscaping https://t.co/9N5urhdqyX — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 9, 2016 Things I Miss: Modem handshake sounds https://t.co/9s6lQIQc6a — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 9, 2016 5 Make-Shift Urban Survival Lights When the Electricity Goes Down https://t.co/kSgRehCXAw via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 5, 2016 Well said, Carol! It's 90 degrees in...

Read…

Emily, We’ll Miss You

Mr. Homegrown

July 21, 2015

Gardening

1 Comment

...on episode 20 of our podcast to discuss how to shift the mow, blow and go landscaping paradigm here in LA. Green wrote often about this problem as well as the consequences of climate change in our region. She’s was unafraid to take on LA’s corrupt and hypocritical politicians. Her voice here will be missed and there’s no replacement. I hope she’ll keep up her blog Chance of Rain. If you haven’t visited lately, you should check out her excellent t...

Read…

Three California Natives that Double as Culinary Herbs

Mr. Homegrown

January 16, 2017

Gardening

5 Comments

...our residential, government and commercial spaces had climate appropriate landscaping? Native insects, birds and other critters would explode in population. It would be a paradise. It would also be a huge culinary resource. Grow these plants in your garden and you can dodge the controversies of foraging in the wild. Towards that end, I thought I’d look at three easy to grow California natives that look great in a garden and double as culinary her...

Read…