Genetically Engineered Crops Increase Use of Pesticides

October 16, 2012

...lower pace of conventional plant breeding, is a perfect way to generate “black swans“. This is why I’ll be voting for Proposition 37 which will mandate the labeling of genetically engineered products in California. Via The Garden Professors....

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Saturday Linkages: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions

Mr. Homegrown

October 20, 2012

Saturday Linkages

...m/la-heb-fencing-cogitive-improvement-20111230,0,1166016.story … Gardening Garden planter turns out to be Roman antique: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/garden-planter-turns-out-to-be.html … Best Reporting on the Space Shuttle Tree Debacle Science Center Given Approval to Remove Nearly 400 Trees to Make Way for Shuttle http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/09/18/science-center-given-approval-to-remove-nearly-400-trees-to-make-way-for-shuttle/#.UHkCZyjj5...

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Land Girls

Mrs. Homegrown

December 2, 2009

Thoughtstylings

7 Comments

...point. The Land Girls prove there’s no need to look like a slob out in the garden, trailing your already disreputable bathrobe through the mire–as Mrs. Homegrown is wont to do. Instead, as The Chap (and historical record) suggests, we could adopt sassy belted sweaters, crisp trousers and sexy Wellingtons. The fellows at The Chap also make some savvy suggestions for planting, captioning this photo, “Come along Tiffany, these tobacco plants, juniper...

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Rain- The Best Gift of All

Homegrown Neighbor

December 27, 2009

rainwater harvesting

14 Comments

...ater, I attach a hose to the barrel and let it drain. I will set it in the garden and move it around to a few different spots. I have five 55 gallon barrels set up so far. Rainwater really helps flush out salts that can build up in the soil (an issue here in the West) and unlike tap water there is no chlorine. The plants just love the rain water. I also planted beet, carrot and onion seeds right before the rain. They are now starting to sprout. In...

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Outdoor Sink Makes Water Recycling Simple

Homegrown Neighbor

August 13, 2009

Design

16 Comments

...er. Now instead of going inside to wash my hands or rinse produce from the garden, I can use the outdoor sink and easily recycle my water. Plus, there is less dirt and compost in my kitchen sink. This is the kind of so-simple-its-brilliant stuff I just love. While I would like my entire house to have a greywater system, that isn’t really feasible at this time. The house is old and the pipes are very difficult, perhaps impossible, to access. So we...

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