Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

November 24, 2018

...8) pic.twitter.com/kYAJlrCQhD — karen han (@karenyhan) November 24, 2018 Everyone who writes about this probably fictional treasure but fails to mention that Forest Fenn’s home has been searched at least twice after he was suspected of selling Native artifacts stolen from archaeological sites is missing the real story. https://t.co/KDLgOyTg27 — Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) November 24, 2018 Weekend Plan [Morgan, MS M1004, 15th c.] pic.twitter.com/NdM...

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Pollinators and Power

Mr. Homegrown

June 3, 2019

Animals, Bees, Podcasts

...Beekeeper and activist Terry Oxford has a great new podcast called Pollinators and Power. The premiere episode features Professor Dave Goulson of Sussex University. Goulson is the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and author of many books on native pollinators including A Sting in the Tale, A Buzz in the Meadow, Bee Quest and The Garden Jungle. You can read a transcript of the conversation and subscribe to the podcast using your favorit...

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Backyard in Progress

Mr. Homegrown

June 17, 2019

Garden Design, Gardening

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...’ll remove the bar code from that pipe! We plan on planting this area with native plants in the fall. Laramee and his crew also hauled up some rock to better define the paths in our yard that lead to the bees and the chicken coop. Laramee also proposed something else we never would have thought of: 12-volt lighting. He placed the lights sparingly along the paths in our backyard. For the sake of wildlife, I don’t believe in having outdoor lighting...

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Thankful for the New Rain Garden

Mr. Homegrown

November 28, 2019

Garden Design, Gardening, Native Plants

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...Kelly has just started planting the wet lower part of the rain garden with native plants including water loving Douglas irises (Iris douglasiana). She planted the dry outer edges with desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), coyote mint (Monardella villosa) and assorted grasses. Alas, my hopes of building a little boat in which to row back and forth across our new seasonal pond have been dashed by the fact that our soil drains quickly (which is a good...

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Surface Walk with Nance Klehm Saturday February 11th

Mr. Homegrown

February 9, 2017

Events

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...he Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it. Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie residency titled Double Pairing. Nance Klehm has been an ecological systems designer, landscaper, horticultural consultant, and permacultural grower for more than two...

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