When it’s time to remove a tree

...seed for birds, as a token gift to the garden as a whole. You could take a Native American tact and offer a pinch of a dried, sacred plant. You could burn incense. You could send up a prayer of thanksgiving. You could invoke St. Francis. Your intention matters more than the specific action–you are giving thanks. If you do these things, you’ll find that when you take up your clippers, axe or saw, you’ll feel a lot better. You’ll be working with the...

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Our new front yard: history

...to see in the pic, but there is a young olive tree planted there, and some native plants. That land will tie into our redesign, and I’ll talk about it when I talk about the design. But its history and development has been separate from the slope–and that’s too much to cover here. The first plantings After the dust of the foundation work settled, we had to figure out what to do with our barren slope. As first time homeowners new to the whole concep...

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069 Understanding Roots with Robert Kourik

...lant fruit trees and the intricacies of how to water trees, vegetables and native plants. Then we delve deep into drip irrigation, dynamic accumulators and phytoremediation. If you’d like to pick up a copy of one of Robert’s books visit robertkourik.com. 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 Stitche...

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Branch Weaving & Climbing Structure Workshop

...abriel 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 W...

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089 The New Wildcrafted Cuisine with Pascal Baudar

...ing in a drought in August in Southern California Pascal’s $350 energy bar Native American foraging practices Kat Anderson Tending the Wild foraging controversy what to do with broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) lerp sugar eating insects harvesting your own sea salt fermenting with sea salt primitive fermentation rosin baked potatoes fermented hot sauces ethics of foraging You can take a class with Pascal via urbanoutdoorskills.com and make sure...

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