Tree Bondage

May 30, 2016

...tful aspects of the damaged trees shown See examples of the correct way to plant, irrigate, compost, fertilize, mulch and prune trees Where: The Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, CA 94952 When: Thursday June 2nd, 6:30PM Phone: (707) 773-1336 Robert Kourik, Metamorphic Press PO Box 412, Occidental, CA 95465 www.robertkourik.com https://www.facebook.com/RobertKourik?ref=hl Author & Publisher “Understanding Roots” http://www.robertkourik.com/...

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Weekend Links: We’ve Gone Crazy!

Mr. Homegrown

April 23, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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...en Rant https://t.co/a54CsH0ieI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2016 Plant Shopping Dos and Don’ts | Garden Rant https://t.co/dabPJ3GVuQ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 23, 2016 Homeschooling a special needs kid was hard. Letting go of her needs is harder. https://t.co/2cGNHJNOnN pic.twitter.com/x2CuFeYNwM — Shannon Hayes (@SapBushShannon) April 22, 2016 Grand Finale Verdun, MS 107, 14th c. pic.twitter.com/mLXWghIaCi — Damien Kempf (@Damie...

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How to kill your palm tree

Mrs. Homegrown

November 14, 2016

Gardening, Trees

...ee: Never Water It. Palm trees grow in the desert, yes, but they are oasis plants. They grow by open water, or above underground water. They are tough, but tough is not the same as invincible, and they don’t show stress as clearly as other trees do, so you may not know that it is thirsty until it is too late. If it gets no water, one day your palm may just droop over, like a spent flower, and that is that. As the drought in Southern California con...

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O79 Growing and Breeding Tomatoes with Fred Hempel

Mr. Homegrown

March 23, 2016

Gardening, Podcasts, Tomatoes

Want to know how to grow tomatoes? What are the best varieties to plant? Want to learn how to breed your own? Our guest this week is farmer and tomato breeder Fred Hempel. Fred farms and breeds gourmet vegetables in Northern California. His focus is on tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs and edible flowers. In the podcast we ask if there is such a thing as a heirloom tomato? What does a tomato breeder look for in a tomato? Why do supermarket tomatoe...

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Pl@ntNet: “Shazam” for Plants

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2016

Gardening

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...um, which the app immediately identified despite my bad photo. It also correctly identified daffodils and got close to identifying Malva parviflora. It was not able to identify any of the California natives I tried, but I don’t think the program has a database of these plants yet. Pl@ntNet is the work of four French research organizations who have a vision for a kind of expansive botanical citizen-science project. I can definitely see the potentia...

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