Homegrown Evolution on ABC-7

June 25, 2008

...See and hear our musings on the reasons to grow your own food on the local news here. Reporter Lisa Bartley did a great job and also visits a local community garden to show how folks without land can also grow food....

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Dookie in the Tomatoes

Mr. Homegrown

June 11, 2008

Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Vegetable Gardening

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...gs–bad idea. I count myself very fortunate to have a bit of land to grow some tomatoes and feel sorry for those who don’t have this luxury. I wish more journalists would spin this story as a reason to build more community gardens and allow apartment dwellers to grow some food on the roof. It leaves me eating that big juicy roma tomato, pictured above, with all the smugness of a Prius driver in the HOV lane....

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Garden Swap

Mr. Homegrown

October 15, 2008

Gardening

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...d production, create economic development, inspire healthful eating, build community, create opporunities for education, address watershed health concerns, create productive green open space, and beautify communities. CSC is currently taking requests for participation in this program. If you’d like to participate either as a gardener or a land owner who is willing to share yard space (and some garden profits!) with a neighbor (we’ll help you find...

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Compost Outlaws

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2008

Composting, Thoughtstylings

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...skillfully and responsibly layers green and brown materials. You can take a compost class from her at the Norman Harrington / Franklin Hills Community Garden. More information at Silver Lake Farms.]...

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Native Plant Workshop

Mr. Homegrown

February 4, 2009

Events, Native Plants

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...en Beacon Foundation (GBF) located in historic Elysian Heights serves as a community resource for the public to have tactile experiences of “going green,” through on-going workshops, lectures, and tours. The Green Beacon Foundation is hosting Lisa Novick of the Theodore Payne Foundation who will present the lecture entitled, “Why Plant Natives?”on Saturday, February 7th. at 2pm. If you have always wanted to learn more about California Native plant...

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