Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

November 28, 2015

...wer #askalys https://t.co/hBbUMnainM pic.twitter.com/y4KdI1toNB — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) November 28, 2015 The LACBC Open House is on Thursday, December 3rd! RSVP and join us to learn what LACBC has been up to! https://t.co/iQ3EEn39iJ #bikeLA — LACntyBikeCoalition (@lacbc) November 28, 2015 I've always imagined it will be this way, too!: Air travel ain’t what it used to be (Comic) https://t.co/RIUsGqB9B0 #psychictwins — Root Sim...

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The Practical Side of Philosophy

Mr. Homegrown

August 1, 2016

Thoughtstylings

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...ons: How should one evaluate arguments for or against compost tea, organic gardening, or Hugelkultur beds? Is it ethical to drive/fly/buy stuff in plastic bottles given our ongoing ecological crisis? Do the humanities or arts have anything meaningful to contribute to our understanding of nature or is the whole shebang covered under the sciences? In one of the Republican debates last year Marco Rubio quipped that America needs more welders and fewe...

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Picture Sundays: Josephine Baker Tending Vegetables

Mr. Homegrown

January 24, 2016

Picture Sundays

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...Looks like Baker’s talent extended to gardening!...

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Saturday Tweets: Cornbread Controversies, 2×4 Furniture and El Niño

Mr. Homegrown

February 6, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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...post: https://t.co/UF99bTReUp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Gardening information worthless to universities – unless someone else pays for it | Garden Rant https://t.co/1ApTgQ2ws4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 El Niño remains among strongest ever recorded, but California impacts a bit different than anticipated https://t.co/pquLBb9Bwc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Ikea for 2x4s: Building gorgeous furnit...

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How to Garden With California Natives: Lessons from the 2016 Theodore Payne Garden Tour

Mr. Homegrown

April 5, 2016

Garden Design, Gardening

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...ive chaparral. Spacing can be tricky. You have to pay attention to nursery labels and not plant too far apart or too close together. Not that plants always perform predictably. You have to go back and edit: fill gaps in or take stuff out. The best gardens on the tour got the massing right like the Hessing/Bonfigli garden in Altadena shown in the photo above. Outdoor Rooms My favorite garden on the tour is the Loxton/Clark garden in Pasadena. It’s...

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