Saturday Tweets: Bee Stings and Doughnuts

October 8, 2016

...tps://t.co/ePDfo9XgJ1 — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) October 6, 2016 Common Gardening Practices That Hurt Bees | Garden Rant https://t.co/VTZltXQKTu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 7, 2016 Solar Power Bucket https://t.co/lskD7gXZi1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 5, 2016 The Truth About Tiny House TV Shows https://t.co/YTAEBuaC7H — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 7, 2016 Perhaps ecological and cultural restoration efforts are about rekind...

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Happy Holiday Weekend!

Mr. Homegrown

September 6, 2015

Animals, Cats

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...It’s a holiday weekend in the US, meaning that, with the exception of our international readers, few people are checking the blog. You’re either gardening, brewing beer, burning a large effigy in the desert or constructing a giant wall around San Francisco. Down in LA? We’re sleeping with the cats....

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Author William Powers to Speak in Los Angeles

Mr. Homegrown

September 18, 2015

Events

...Slow Food and Slow Money, technology fasts and urban sanctuaries, rooftop gardening and beekeeping. Discovering a colorful cast of New Yorkers attempting to resist the culture of Total Work, Powers offers an inspiring exploration for anyone trying to make urban life more people- and planet-friendly. Skylight Books (a big supporter of our two books, by the way) is located at: 1818 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA A conflicting event will prevent us f...

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Plantar Fasciitis Update

Mr. Homegrown

September 24, 2015

Fitness

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...ed up in the hands of a sports doctor who has slapped me into a boot and crutches: one month for one foot and another month for the other in an attempt to avoid surgery. So far it seems to be working. The downside of this is no building projects or gardening. The upside will be lots of blogging. Overall I think I’m healthier for having lived an active life. Fencing has occasionally gifted me with a bruised rib, sore knees, and pulled muscles. But...

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UC IPM on Facebook

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2015

Gardening, Pests

...sts, we send people to the University of California’s excellent Integrated Pest Management page. Now, UC IPM has a Facebook page. Along with the Garden Professor’s Facebook page, you’ve got pretty much all the social media based gardening information you need. Kelly adds: We’d be remiss if we didn’t also mention the useful and better known, What’s that Bug. But you will need UC IPM if you have too many of one sort of bug and wonder what you can do...

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