The Homegrown Mailbox: How and Where Do I Get My Soil Tested?

...your soil is contaminated, skip the test, and grow things in raised beds, containers or stick to ornamentals. You could also try bioremediation: each season plant a cover crop, let it grow, and then pull it up and dispose of it. Test the soil until it comes out clean. This works well, but it can take many years to get all the contaminants out. For those of you in Los Angeles, our local Extension Service agent Yvonne Savio kindly sent me the follo...

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Flipped Out: The End of the American Bungalow

...he teens and 1920s gave us a great example of multi-unit housing called the bungalow court. Kelly and I lived in a spectacular one, the Egyptian Court Apartments, while we were in grad school in San Diego. Every morning you woke up, looked out the window and found yourself in a cheesy 1920s King Tut movie. How cool is that? Now the investors who have turned our housing into an investment deem that all apartments must resemble stacked shipping cont...

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006 The Secrets of Kimchi With Hae Jung Cho

...e, kimchi, soup and other side dishes. You will leave the class with three containers of kimchi and pickles that you have made, printed recipes and the know-how to replicate the kimchi at home. Class size is limited to eight people. Cost: $75. Koreatown Market Tour In addition, Hae Jung is organizing a guided tour of supermarkets and specialty food shops in Koreatown on the following Saturday, August 9. This tour is geared toward people who want t...

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Saturday Tweets: Pre-Peeled Oranges, Fine Fiber and the Dome Revival

...) March 4, 2016 If you’re outraged about packing peeled oranges in plastic containers, wait until we tell you about using giant metal boxes to move people. — Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) March 4, 2016 Wool fans: Check out the Wool & Fine Fiber Book slash traveling exhibition from Fibershed: https://t.co/DB689iJN3J #fibershed #woolbook — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 5, 2016 #relatable pic.twitter.com/8nYPhJALaM — Xeni Jardin (@xeni) March 4, 20...

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Kimchi Class with Hae Jung Cho November 15

...rience where you make two kinds of fermented kimchi – napa cabbage (poggi) and radish (kkakdugi) – and one quick pickle. We then share a light meal of rice, kimchi, soup and other side dishes. You leave the class with three containers of kimchi and pickles that you have made, printed recipes and the know-how to replicate the kimchi at home. Fee: $75. Anyone interested in this class should email Hae Jung at [email protected]. More info here....

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