Saturday Linkages: Water Shaming, Scotts and Robot Houses

August 23, 2014

...et/2014/08/20/grid-it-knoll-your-edc.html … In Our Garden: Four Surprising Fruits http://thehorticult.com/in-our-garden-four-surprising-fruits-that-are-now-in-full-swing/ … Sneak peak of a LIGHT-UP ROBOT-FACE Tree House http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2014/08/sneak-peak-of-light-up-robot-face-tree.html?spref=tw … Who’s more controversial – Michelle Rhee or Scotts Miracle-Gro? | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/08/whos-more-controversial-mich...

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Picture Sundays: Canning With Karo

Mr. Homegrown

June 2, 2013

Picture Sundays

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...Another gem from the folks at Kitsch and Retro. Fruit does taste better canned with a bit of sugar, but I have a feeling this product would be way too sweet for my taste. And I’m not sure how using corn sugar qualifies as saving sugar. But I’m sure it would delight the family....

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Why You Should Avoid Staking Trees

Mr. Homegrown

November 26, 2012

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Miscellaneous, Trees

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...nda Chalker-Scott’s pdf on The Myth of Staking Update: Please note an exception to these tree staking rules regarding certain kinds of dwarf fruit trees. See the comments for the details. Thanks C....

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California’s New Greywater Code: Common Sense Legalized!

Mr. Homegrown

August 6, 2009

Water and Power, Water Conservation

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.... For several years now, we’ve sent our washing machine waste water out to fruit trees in the front yard. The new regulations are a rare common sense moment for our otherwise troubled state government. Let’s hope our current hard times spur more innovation like this. Originally slated to go into effect in 2010, the plumbing code was updated as an emergency measure to deal with drought conditions that have plagued the southwestern US for years. Und...

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What To Do With Old Vegetable Seeds

Mr. Homegrown

November 27, 2012

Gardening, Permaculture, Vegetable Gardening

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...efore weeds emerge Scott Kleinrock has used the same strategy at the Huntington Gardens. Here’s what his semi-wild vegetable garden, growing in the understory of some small fruit trees, looked like in January of this year: And there you have it–vegetable gardening with a fraction of the work....

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