Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Sundials

...Finlay 1925-2006. On my long bucket list is the construction of a Root Simple sundial. Towards that end I’ve begun a short Sundial Pinterest board that, as of today, is entirely made up of Ian Hamilton Finlay sundials. Finlay’s poetry, art and gardening deserves greater recognition. The print of one of his sundials, above, is a clever meditation/pun on the distinction between the map and the territory. You can own an original Finlay print for a m...

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UC IPM on Facebook

...sts, we send people to the University of California’s excellent Integrated Pest Management page. Now, UC IPM has a Facebook page. Along with the Garden Professor’s Facebook page, you’ve got pretty much all the social media based gardening information you need. Kelly adds: We’d be remiss if we didn’t also mention the useful and better known, What’s that Bug. But you will need UC IPM if you have too many of one sort of bug and wonder what you can do...

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Does Compost Tea Work?

...D3Kx7I4d4hU If you’d like to pick an argument in the mostly staid world of gardening, I can’t think of a better subject than compost tea. I’ve, somewhat cowardly, tried to stay out of the fray and leave the debate to Linda Chalker-Scott and Jeff Lowenfels. If you forced me to pick a side I’d lean towards Chalker-Scott’s skepticism. Thankfully, I can now point towards the eXtension.org webinar on making and using compost teas that I’ve embedded abo...

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Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

...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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