Weekend Tweets: Stressing Out Plants, Jerry Baker is Still a Quack and Flower Studded Lawns

April 9, 2016

Dr. Flavor at MIT—Stressing out plants for flavor https://t.co/QOnF8FeJIt via @themadfeed — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 Is email sinking the US economy? https://t.co/Kkxz2HYRuC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 #TBT: Jerry Baker, Still Quacking | Garden Rant https://t.co/vbCUM4Qnjz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 Perils of Plantsmanship | Garden Rant https://t.co/4gKWgNGCbT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 A...

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Top Six California Native Plant Performers

Mr. Homegrown

June 5, 2017

Gardening

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...ake shamans on their way back from Coachella. A warning here: all of these plants are large. Watch your spacing when you plant them and don’t put them too close together. While we’re talking about native plants, our friend David Newsom has launched an important new initiative called the Wild Yards Project to encourage people to “restore native plant and animal habitat, one yard at a time, using native plants and trees wherever you live.” Note that...

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Saturday Tweets: Moving Plants on the Subway, Punk Rock and a Cute Medieval Lion

Mr. Homegrown

June 1, 2019

Picture Sundays

...inequality and lost https://t.co/3ZsahUAjIq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 28, 2019 Rotten Goes Rancid https://t.co/SSRTs6Zajk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 28, 2019 Doug Harvey on the 80s punk rock scene: https://t.co/NeCX8oxIeN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 30, 2019 Part of a climate warrior, safety first transportation system in L.A. would definitely include protected bike lanes on Sunset Blvd. @seletajewel @MayorOfLA @MitchOFarrell pic.tw...

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Rain Garden Update

Mr. Homegrown

March 17, 2021

Garden Design, Gardening, Native Plants

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...ome interest to a stroll in the backyard. Here’s our original post on the rain garden. I haven’t mentioned this in awhile but it’s worth repeating. The reason I include the scientific names of plants is not to show off but because this blog has international readers and the common names for plants can lead to confusion and, worse, cases of poisoning....

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Yucca!

Mr. Homegrown

November 14, 2006

Foraging

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...cca family, which even includes the Joshua Tree. Also, don’t confuse yucca plants with agave plants, as the juice of the of the agave leaf is a skin irritant. Agaves tend to have broader leaves in contrast to the spiky leaves of the yucca. Blue agave, incidentally, is the source of tequila. As Nyerges’ points out in his excellent article about yuccas and agaves, “A Piece of Fiber Could Save Your Life“, the flower stalk of the yucca can be eaten an...

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