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Why I Grow Vegetables From Seed

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Seeds
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Chard destined for failure On the last day of a vegetable gardening class that Kelly and I just finished teaching at the Huntington, we needed to demonstrate how to transplant seedlings. The problem was that we didn’t have any seedlings at home ready to transplant, so I had to make a trip to a garden center. That sorry errand reminded me why I grow from seed. All of the seedlings at the nursery were uninteresting varieties and ro...

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Saturday Linkages: Will Your Next House Be Built With Mushrooms?

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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ngoing.blogspot.com/2012/10/north- house-folk-school.html#.UHTSPhsTC2o.twitter  … HOWTO make a sandwich caddy out of a milk jug: http:// boingboing.net/2012/10/08/how to-make-a-sandwich-caddy-ou.html  … Preparedness Tegaderm 3M product for applying dressing over bleeding injury: http:// boingboing.net/2012/10/11/teg aderm.html  … How to Tell Time Like a Soldier | The Art of Manliness http:// artofmanliness.com/2012/10/11/how -to-tell-time-like-a...

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Picture Sunday: A Winter Harvest in Florida

Mr. Homegrown
Fruit Trees, Gardening, Picture Sundays
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Grapefruit, Carambola, pineapple, sapodilla, sugar apple, dwarf Cavendish bananas, ambarella, jaboticaba, jackfruit flowers, papaya, lemon and red palm fruits (inedible). Amazing. If you’ve got a picture to share, send it along to us at [email protected]...

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Solar Garden Helper Thingy

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening, Solar, Vegetable Gardening
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From the always cool Build It Solar blog, a “garden helper machine” built by Randy, aka “PD-Riverman”. I really Love gardening but I have a bad back and when it comes to staying bent over in the garden it gets rough. So I built this Helper Machine. I  call it My P-Machine. Planting/Picking/Pulling weeds/Putting around the garden machine.  It’s powered by two 12 volt 80 watt solar panels that charge some golf c...

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Holy Crap! What a Nice Rooftop Garden!

Mr. Homegrown
Rooftop Gardening, Self Watering Containers
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Photo by antifa123 Check out how these enterprising Chicagoans responded to the “but I don’t have room for a garden” argument via antifa173′s informative rooftop gardening Flickr set. Not only do you get to see their beautifully designed self-watering container system, but they tell you how to do it with detailed instructions!...

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Saturday Linkages: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions

Mr. Homegrown
Saturday Linkages
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...ust drop your opinions. Health and Fitness Fencing may help improve some cognitive functions in older people – Los Angeles Times http://www. latimes.com/la-heb-fencing -cogitive-improvement-20111230,0,1166016.story  … Gardening Garden planter turns out to be Roman antique: http:// boingboing.net/2012/10/12/gar den-planter-turns-out-to-be.html  …  Best Reporting on the Space Shuttle Tree Debacle Science Center Given Approval to Remove Near...

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Self Irrigating Pot Patent from 1917

Mr. Homegrown
Self Watering Containers
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I’ve often blogged about the convenience of self irrigating pots (SIPs), containers that have a built-in reservoir of water at the bottom. They work well for growing vegetables on patios and rooftops. You can make your own or purchase one from several manufacturers. I had thought that Blake Whisenant, a Florida tomato grower and Earthbox company founder, had invented the SIP in the 1990s, but it turns out that the idea came much earlier....

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Saturday Linkages: A Boat Couch and Chickens in the News

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Saturday Linkages
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‏ Design Couch made out of old rowboat: http://www.dudecraft.com/2012/12/all-at-sea.html … Chickens in the News Pet chicken alerts family about house fire http://www.weau.com/home/headlines VW Chicken Coop Scale Model http://www.dudecraft.com/2012/12/vw-chicken-coop-scale-model.html … Gardening What a Little Paint Can Do In Your Garden | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/12/what-a-little-paint-can-do.html … For these links and more, fo...

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Daikon Radish!

Mr. Homegrown
Gardening
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...“gateway drug” of vegetable gardening. Grow them, and you’ll be on your way to tougher to grow things like broccoli and cauliflower. Like all root vegetables loose soil is a plus, especially for daikons, so it’s best to grow them in a raised bed. We’ve also discovered that all radish greens are edible, as they are members of the cruciferous vegetable family, which includes broccoli, cabbage, kale and many others. Wi...

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