Search Results for: label/landscaping/2010/06/the-urban-homestead

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News From Around the Root Simple Compound

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Design
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...week a crew will descend on our backyard to begin phase one of a backyard landscaping reboot. First they will break out the word’s ugliest concrete patio and remove the infamous grape arbor, a.k.a. rat canopy. Then they will dig down to adjust the grading at the back of the house so that water flows away not towards the house. I struggle for words to fully describe the ugliness of this concrete patio. It’s a cracked abomination made of red tinted...

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Fallen Fruit

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Events, Food, Foraging, Gardening
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...n be harvested by everyone. Our cities are planted with frivolous and ugly landscaping, sad shrubs and neglected trees, whereas they should burst with ripe produce. Great sums of money are spent on young trees, water and maintenance. While these trees are beautiful, they could be healthy, fruitful and beautiful. WE ASK all of you to petition your cities and towns to support community gardens and only plant fruit-bearing trees in public parks. Let...

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Nuts!

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Thoughtstylings
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...ing the share holders of that big corporate chain, because they bought the nuts for a fraction of what quality fresh nuts would cost. The other moral here is to incorporate nut trees into your landscaping. Why plant a useless ficus tree when you can plant something that will provide food? And come harvest time you wont need to mix in any racing fuel....

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Local Politician Tom LaBonge Wants LA Covered in Astroturf and the City to Pay For It

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Thoughtstylings
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...at options such as artificial turf as an alternative for drought friendly landscaping. I THEREFORE MOVE that the Department of Water and Power be requested to report back with a study on the potential benefits of implementing artificial grass for home installations and how it can make an impact in the current drought conditions. [I’m certain that local water officials already studied the option and, wisely, concluded that they did not want to sub...

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Wild Edible: Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae )

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Domesticus, Food, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs
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...nk its attractive–usually more attractive than whatever neglected patch of landscaping it has colonized. More importantly, it’s super tasty. It packs a potent, lemony punch, like true sorrel, which makes it an excellent salad green, and that’s how I use it–raw, in salads. The leaves, stems and flowers are all tasty, but for salads I just use the flowers and leaves. They provide a bright, lemony note which is just wonderfully fresh and tasty with t...

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