Picture Sunday: A Winter Harvest in Florida

January 20, 2013

Root Simple reader Noel Ramos sent the picture above of some local fruit grown in Florida to remind us that winter gardening is big there too. Noel grows over 500lbs of fruit and veggies every year on a quarter acre city lot. In the picture:

Canistel, Rollinia, red navels, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Carambola, pineapple, sapodilla, sugar apple, dwarf Cavendish bananas, ambarella, jaboticaba, jackfruit flowers, papaya, lemon and red palm fruits (inedible).

Amazing.

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Picture Sundays: Water Jug Lamp

Mr. Homegrown

January 13, 2013

Picture Sundays, Preparedness

Camping lamp improvised with a headlamp and a jug of water. Via Homesteading.

Picture Sundays: Mountain of Squash

Mr. Homegrown

January 6, 2013

Picture Sundays

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This mountain of heirloom squash was the centerpiece of the National Heirloom Exposition that took place in Sonoma in September of last year. Next year’s Exposition will be taking place on September 10, 11, and 12 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. The past two years have featured an amazing roster of speakers and exhibitors all for a very low admission charge. It’s well worth traveling a long distance to attend this unique event.

If anyone is interested in camping nearby with the Root Simple crew this year leave a comment and I’ll put something together.

Picture Sundays: Chumash ‘Ap

Mr. Homegrown

December 30, 2012

Design, Picture Sundays

The interior of a traditional Chumash dwelling called an ‘ap as recreated at the La Purisima Mission State Historic Park near Lompoc, California. If only a fraction of modern dwellings were this elegant . . .