We are all gardeners

April 2, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Thoughtstylings

...eliant on biological and chemical inputs stolen from other locations, from fertilizer to weed killer to the gasoline and electricity needed to run the tools necessary to to keep the landscape trim, and in some climates, the water needed to keep the grass green. It is expensive. It is life-denying. The New Way: The Loving Landscape The Loving Landscape invites and encourages life at many levels. Its value is founded on its ability to sustain life i...

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Shedcropolis: A Garden Shed Made From (Mostly) Salvaged Materials

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2016

Design

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Kelly requested a small shed to keep our garden tools, pots and fertilizer. I was not satisfied with either the small and ugly plastic storage structures nor the large, fake barn-like sheds available at the big box stores so I vowed to build my own. In a September blog post I wrote about my eccentric design process. Today, I’m declaring the world’s most pretentious garden shed, a.k.a. “Shedcropolis,” finished. For materials, I sourced salvaged 2x...

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Saturday Linkages: Congrats Nithya Raman!

Mr. Homegrown

November 7, 2020

Saturday Linkages

...Is Naming Your Garden Pretentious? Mesquite, crucial to Indigenous diets for centuries, works miracles with water and needs no fertilizer. Why don’t we grow more of it? Partial fire season relief, at last: cold storm arrives in California Friday I Don’t Like Flashy Wood – Go Figure Two Gen Xers Walk Into A Retirement Home… Bruno Latour: ‘This is a global catastrophe that has come from within’...

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Worm Composting

Mr. Homegrown

July 25, 2006

Composting, Gardening, Vermiculture

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...apartment dwellers looking to recycle their kitchen scraps. The whole set up is isolated in a plastic bin which can live in the kitchen or in a cool, shady spot on the balcony. The worm castings (poop, if you will) are odorless and make an outstanding fertilizer that you can use on your own potted plants or give to friends with gardens. Believe us, they will be very happy with your gift of worm poop. Do not let SurviveLA’s failure discourage you...

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Parkway Plantings

Mr. Homegrown

October 3, 2006

Vegetable Gardening

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...t to grow and requires vigilance to keep pests under control, and frequent fertilizer applications (organic, of course). The faster growing Quarantina, is easier to grow since the crop is produced faster and bugs have less time to munch on it. We grew both of these varieties last year and marveled at the taste of fresh broccoli, which is nothing like the bland crap in our supermarkets. Cauliflower – Cavolfiore di Sicilia Violetto. This purple Sici...

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