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Tree Bondage

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Events, Gardening
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...irewood!) Be prepared to be shocked as well as educated. You will: See how trees can be mismanaged Learn how to “repair” damaged trees Learn how to avoid the hurtful aspects of the damaged trees shown See examples of the correct way to plant, irrigate, compost, fertilize, mulch and prune trees Where: The Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, CA 94952 When: Thursday June 2nd, 6:30PM Phone: (707) 773-1336 Robert Kourik, Metamorphic Press PO Box...

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Weekend Tweets: Strawberry Season, Air Plant Therapy and Trees Eating Things

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Saturday Linkages
...twitter.com/E5KQLjMyW0 — Fairy Tale Gardens (@JennasFairyTale) May 4, 2016 Trees “eating” things https://t.co/gjgBwqMo54 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 4, 2016 Another beautiful post from our friend Shannon Hayes: Darned Life https://t.co/bTGQ69im0S via @SapBushShannon — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 3, 2016 Spectacular new jellyfish shows just how little we know about Earth’s oceans https://t.co/xc2FFEBKUJ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 3, 2016...

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Our new front yard, part 2: theory

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Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening
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...ear views so we could spot both dangers and opportunities easily–and handy trees to scramble into if we needed to get away from a predator. Whatever the reason, we like open spaces which are easily read and understood. This can take many forms, but we definitely have a preference for savannas, open meadows, and forests with pleasingly spaced upright trees but very little undergrowth. We don’t like landscapes which are dense or tangled or “wild” lo...

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Our new front yard, part 3: design

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Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening
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...showiest plants, and also the ones that persist no matter what the season, making them the bones of the garden. This includes trees and bushes, as well as large perennials. In a grassland landscape where there are no trees or bushes, this category would include tall grasses as well as plants with dramatic seed heads which persist long after the bloom. Filler plants: These are the transitory, often self-seeding plants which pop up opportunistically...

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Saturday Tweets: #FlyingLess, VHS Making a Comeback and Alanis Morissette Impressions

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...witter.com/a5B7J0aHX1 — Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 19, 2018 VHS is making a comeback https://t.co/cankAKwcRR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2018 The auto industry has already established primacy over our cities. Now they want primacy over our bodies too? Enough. Tech solutions with dubious ethical implications don’t give us the future I want to live in. https://t.co/WbypKPrr0F — Eric Bruins (@ejfbruins) March 22, 2018 Love Dan Pears...

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