Garden Swap

October 15, 2008

Growing your own vegetables is a great way to add flavor, nutrition and, if done carefully, save money in our uncertain economic times. But what if you live in an apartment and don’t have any land to call your own? Homegrown Evolution’s in-box contained an answer to that problem for folks in the Los Angeles area. We love this idea: “Cultivating Sustainable Communities (CSC) is launching its newest project. GardenSwap is an op...

Secondary and Edible

Mr. Homegrown

January 13, 2009

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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Homegrown Evolution is headed to San Francisco for the week on business and will be away from computers (thankfully). Along the way we’ll be enjoying the agricultural vistas of California’s Central Valley via Amtrak’s lumbering San Joaquin train. In the meantime, please take a look at this fascinating link, the secondary edible parts of vegetables. Cucumber stem tips and young leaves for dinner anyone?...

Ordo Ab Chao

Mr. Homegrown

March 14, 2010

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...or me. My new commitment for our summer garden is to carefully choose what I’m going to grow, how much of it to plant, and stick with the program. No last minute improvising. And better note taking! I attempted to weigh vegetables this winter, earning the scorn of Mrs. Homegrown who deemed it too male an approach, too much about bragging rights. All that weighing took away note taking time from what would have been more useful information:...

Greywater Precautions

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2006

Water Conservation

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...ht, remind us we need to be careful. So here are SurviveLA’s rules to follow when using greywater: Do not apply greywater to crops that you will eat raw, such as strawberries, carrots or lettuce. Using greywater on any vegetables is somewhat dodgy in general for heath reasons, but greywater is fine for edible plants such as fruit trees where the crop is far from the ground and the risk of direct contamination by contact with contaminated w...

Homegrown Evolution at Modern Times San Francisco

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...mes is located at 888 Valencia Street in the beating heart of the Mission District. Come on out and support this indepedent, collectively owned bookstore which has been in business since 1971 and hear Mrs Homegrown talk about vegetables, chickens and much more....

USDA Zone Based Veggie Planting Schedule

Mr. Homegrown

January 16, 2012

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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Knowing when to plant vegetables is one of the big keys to edible gardening success. Unfortunately, many gardening books, websites and the back of seed packages assume you’re in a place with easily delineated seasons. What about those of us in Alaska, Southern California, Texas, Florida or Arizona? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a web-based vegetable planting calendar based on zip codes? While it’s not down to the zip code level,...