Soil Positive or just Soil Curious? Join Nancy Klehm For a Workshop on Soils

January 11, 2016

Events

...trates her commitment to redefining the way human populations coexist with plant and animal systems on this planet. Nancy has worked on projects for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Chicago Park District, the Field Museum of Natural History, the Annenberg Foundation, Heifer Project International, The Center of Land Interpretation in Los Angeles, The Edible Schoolyard (Berkeley), LearningSite (Copenhagen), GiveLove Haiti (P...

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069 Understanding Roots with Robert Kourik

Mr. Homegrown

December 2, 2015

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Podcasts, Vegetable Gardening

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...ed in Kourik’s new book Understanding Roots. From there we touch on how to plant fruit trees and the intricacies of how to water trees, vegetables and native plants. Then we delve deep into drip irrigation, dynamic accumulators and phytoremediation. If you’d like to pick up a copy of one of Robert’s books visit robertkourik.com. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gm...

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A Day of the Dead Altar

Mrs. Homegrown

October 30, 2015

Domesticus, Thoughtstylings

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...frendas. I also have a smudge stick of white sage which I made from my own plant. The skull is not a sugar skull, sadly. Actually, it’s not even a human skull. It’s a cast of a Neanderthal skull. But as people of European decent, Erik and I likely have Neanderthal ancestors, so it’s good to have them at the table. I have a small silver pitcher holding rain water. It is traditional to have refreshment for visiting spirits. It also represents the el...

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Saturday Tweets: West Coast Weather, Sweetgrass and Tule Canoes

Mr. Homegrown

September 12, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...n Dwellers Textbook http://t.co/9mwSPhWRIv pic.twitter.com/9fWCqSswP5 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2015 Satisfying West Coast Weather Geekery: https://t.co/KEVv3GXAzK — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 11, 2015 Turns out the sacred plant, sweetgrass, is as good as DEET at repelling mosquitoes, Less toxic repellents ahoy!: http://t.co/dm3VKHVwcg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2015 Off-Grid Bathroom http://t.co/hnVA2ZIpBd...

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Greywater Precautions

Mr. Homegrown

December 5, 2006

Water Conservation

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...l. Greywater tends to be alkaline, so avoid using greywater on acid loving plants such as citrus, ferns and other forest plants (pretty much anything that grows in the shade). Occasionally irrigate your plants with fresh water to prevent the buildup of salts from soaps and detergents. Do not distribute greywater with a sprinkler as you don’t want the potential bad stuff becoming airborne. Do not use the water from your washing machine if you are w...

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