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Biodynamic Composting Workshop

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Events
...omposting Workshop When: 8/9/2014, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: Highland Hall Garden in Northridge, California Learn how to create your own compost! Compost builds soil, creates life, grows food and saves the planet! In this hands-on workshop we’ll build a compost pile out of materials commonly available in Southern California. We’ll also cover the use of and apply Steiner’s biodynamic preps. Our workshop will be led by Erik Knutzen of Root Simple. E...

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The Mystery of the Zero-Irrigation Squash

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Food, Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
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...ing by when we finally buy our seeds and find time to trundle out into the garden. It’s not good enough. Masanobu Fukuoka had a good thought when he went out and just tossed seed all over the place and waited to see what grew. I really need to figure out how to work that man’s ideas into our garden. In times of stress and hard conditions, it seems best to turn to Nature as a teacher. 2) Mulch/compost basins may work well for some types of plants,...

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087 Foraging Controversy with Lisa Novick

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Food, Foraging, Gardening, Native Plants, Podcasts
...e neighbors Impact of the drought Design tips from the 2016 Theodore Payne garden tour Theodore Payne plant list Native gardening mistakes Edible California natives California natives in pots Hooker’s Evening Primrose in bloom. Photo: Lisa Novick. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. Th...

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2018: The Year in Review

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Thoughtstylings
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...nd will return sometime this year to do some hardscaping for our neglected garden. The blogging year involved a lot of kvetching, a veritable casserole of complaints with blog posts on the Thanksgiving holiday, squirrels eating all of our fruit, hoarding food and books, smart phones, junk mail, open floor plans, as well as proof that I’ve gone full Luddite. Speaking of old Ned Ludd, the most commented upon post was the one in which I announced the...

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Saturday Tweets: Styrofoam Catamarans, Bulb Mistakes and Luxury Bunkers

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Saturday Linkages
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...e (@rootsimple) October 1, 2016 Bulb mistakes I have known and now avoid | Garden Rant https://t.co/OPNZehGVEP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 30, 2016 Panic, Anxiety Spark Rush to Build Luxury Bunkers for L.A.'s Superrich https://t.co/Du53Wi0rDf via @thr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 29, 2016 Bikes shipped in boxes with TV set printed on box suffer less delivery damage https://t.co/yuMp7iVVKh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Septembe...

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