Picture Sundays: Can the Kaiser

September 2, 2012

A WWI era pamphlet from the National War Garden Commission with the memorable slogans, “Can Vegetables and Fruit and the Kaiser Too” and, on the first page, “Back Up the Cannon by Use of the Canner.” You can download a copy via Archive.org....

Rain Barrels

Mr. Homegrown

January 9, 2007

rainwater harvesting

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...t or make tea with it. Priority in our plantings goes to useful plants that don’t need additional water once established. But it’s still nice to have citrus trees, salad greens, rapini, beets, and other fruits and vegetables that do need supplemental irrigation. For these types of plants it’s possible to supplement municipal water with rainwater collected in barrels. You can purchase commercial barrels made of this purpose, but...

Are Raised Beds a Good Idea?

Mr. Homegrown

July 7, 2011

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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Raised bed fail. Our appalling parkway beds. Extra demerits for having used treated lumber! * Raised beds have some pluses and minuses. Lately I’ve been thinking about their drawbacks. Namely: Cost How fast they dry out in a hot climate. Now I can also think of a few reasons one might want to grow vegetables in a raised bed: You do a soil test (and you should do a soil test, especially if you live in an urban area) and the res...

Have You Read Any Good Gardening Books?

Mr. Homegrown

July 27, 2012

Reviews

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A scene from Peter Jackson’s new movie. Someone asked me recently if I’d read any good gardening books lately. I had to admit that I haven’t. Year after year I pick up the same two books when I have a question, John Jeavons How to Grow More Vegetables, and The Sunset Western Garden Book. Have you read an interesting gardening book recently? If so, leave a comment....

Denver and Los Angeles Experience Crowds Staring at Chicken Coops

Mr. Homegrown

March 3, 2009

Animals, Chickens, Events

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Denver Urban Homesteaders looking at a chicken coop Judging from the phone calls and emails coming into the Homegrown Evolution compound, America has discovered that it just might be a good idea to grow some vegetables and keep some chickens. There’s lots of motivating factors, no doubt. A bad economy and dissatisfaction with factory farming to start. But we also suspect that folks have discovered that it’s just plain fun to do all...

How To Design a Garden Step IV: Clues to Care

Mr. Homegrown

February 1, 2012

Garden Design, Gardening

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Clues to care at the Huntington Ranch In the landscape architecture biz, “clues to care” is a phrase meaning that a garden has some sort of indication that humans were involved. Those clues could be anything from a couple of stepping stones, a bean teepee, to a piece of garden statuary. Particularly if your garden has a wild look or if you’re trying to grow vegetables in the front yard, “clues to care” can...

Is Kombucha Safe?

Mr. Homegrown

December 6, 2010

Fermentation, Food, Thoughtstylings

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...8220;suspected liver damage, metabolic acidosis and cutaneous anthrax infections.” We’re all for fermented foods, and support the home fermentation of classic pro-biotics like yogurt, sourdough and lacto fermented vegetables. The last thing we want is for people to get spooked away from home fermentation. But kombucha is different. The problem, as Stamets notes, is that kombucha’s sugar and tea medium is a kind of open house for...

A Purple Dragon Carrot

Mr. Homegrown

February 13, 2009

Food, Gardening

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...17;s wild ancestors, which were probably tamed in what is now Afghanistan. Wikipedia identifies the purple hue of these carrots as anthocyanin a possible source of antioxidants and a common pigment in many red-hued fruits and vegetables. Also note all that foliage. It’s edible. I tossed the carrot tops in with some couscous, olive oil and balsamic vinegar for a tasty dinner. The carrots themselves were served as a side dish mixed with a dre...

Native Plant Workshop

Mr. Homegrown

February 4, 2009

Events, Native Plants

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Vitus californica covering our ugly chain link fence There’s a couple of common misconceptions amongst novice gardeners about native plants: 1. If you use native plants the whole garden has to be natives. In fact, it’s great to mix natives with non-native plants. The natives bring in beneficial wildlife, are hardy and are efficient in terms of water use. Flexibility is key here–go ahead and mix natives with vegetables, fruit...

Looking for Urban Farmers

Mr. Homegrown

January 23, 2009

Thoughtstylings

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From the photo archives of the Library of Congress: Oswego, New York. A citizen showing his wife vegetables from his victory garden as she starts on her way to church. Homegrown Evolution is writing a profile of urban farmers for a new magazine. We’ve got the West covered, but we are still looking for some folks to profile who: 1. Live in one of the five boroughs of New York City and grow edibles and/or keep livestock. 2. Live in Detroit....

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Picture Sundays: Can the Kaiser

Rain Barrels

Are Raised Beds a Good Idea?

Have You Read Any Good Gardening Books?

Denver and Los Angeles Experience Crowds Staring at Chicken Coops

How To Design a Garden Step IV: Clues to Care

Is Kombucha Safe?

A Purple Dragon Carrot

Native Plant Workshop

Looking for Urban Farmers