Boulder man faces $2000 fine/day for guerilla garden fencing
...fenberg is doing. All it takes is one disgruntled and unhappy neighbor. We gotta change the paradigm folks–food not lawns!...
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Spreadin’ Seed
...Yesterday was International Seed Swap Day of Action, sponsored by Food not Lawns. We celebrated the day in Altadena with a bunch of local gardening enthusiasts and countless boxes of seeds. We got seeds for Armenian cucumbers, red ruffled pimento peppers, feverfew, echinacea and zucchini among others. In return we gave away okra, cosmos, and mystery seeds from my mom’s Greek neighbor. A seed swap makes a great excuse for a party and a great time w...
Mulch, mulch, mulch!
...rary to popular belief, need a lawn. In fact, we all know they are hard on lawns. As far as kids go, a yard full of trees to climb, secret forts, chickens, flowers, vegetable patches and interesting critters and bugs might better lure them outside than a perfect lawn. I know many happy kids who live in such yards. And as a kid myself, I preferred such spaces. I have no fond memories of grass. I do have strong memories of playing in wilder spaces–u...
Reforming City Codes
...Change the outdated codes that were enacted as a response to someone’s suburban utopian nightmare of manicured lawns and gumdrop shrubs! This is probably what will come of the Florida case. My City recently tried to legalize backyard chickens, someone started an anti-chicken campaign and the City Council lost it’s nerve and voted the amendment down………….Sometimes you just can’t win…….. DRBREW makes a good point. The City of Los Angeles just starte...
Saturday Tweets: Dubious Tips, Growing Furniture and So Much More
.../t.co/6z1QVzSuQz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 16, 2015 The Roomba for Lawns Is Really Pissing Off Astronomers http://t.co/3rqtzMThqe via @WIRED — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 16, 2015 Make your own compost Sensor http://t.co/OT6G3XpWSB — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 16, 2015 Don’t make bicyclists more visible. Make drivers stop hitting them. http://t.co/etbZAaifpP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 15, 2015 Mexican farmers are trucking p...