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Mutant Squash

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Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
...pollinated may or may not produce offspring that resemble the parent. Some plants pollinate themselves before the flower opens thus producing seeds that are the same variety as the parent. Other plants rely on insects and birds for pollination and can produce offspring that are hybrids if the pollinating bug or bird happened to visit another variety. Squash has completely separate male and female flowers that appear on the same plant, a characteri...

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What Does California’s Prop 64 Say About Home Marijuana Cultivation?

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Gardening, Thoughtstylings
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...adopted in accordance with subdivision (b) of this section. (2) The living plants and any marijuana produced by the plants in excess of 28.5 grams are kept within the person’s private residence, or upon the grounds of that private residence (e.g., in an outdoor garden area), are in a locked space, and are not visible by normal unaided vision from a public place. (3) Not more than six living plants may be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or p...

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Eat Food, Mostly Plants, Not too Much

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Thoughtstylings
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In the course of writing and researching our book, The Urban Homestead, coming out this June, we learned a lot about contemporary agricultural practices. And what we learned sure ain’t pretty. It has made our trips to the supermarket, to supplement the food we grow at home, a series of moral dilemmas. Where did this food come from? How was it grown or raised? What are these mysterious ingredients? Our book contains practical how-to advice for way...

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Warning: This Blog is Based in a Mediterranean Climate

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Gardening
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...f the west–ancient classical texts and the bible–are full of references to plants such as figs, olives, pomegranates, and grapes. We have all of those plants in our front yard. There’s also one big misconception about Los Angeles: that it’s a desert. Mediterranean climates such as ours get twice as much rainfall as do deserts. But like deserts, we have to be frugal when it comes to water. All the rain we get comes at one time. Between the late spr...

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Going to Seed

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Back to the Garden, Gardening, Nature Awareness, Vegetable Gardening
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...y of it down deep, on the soul level. In the past I struggled to leave the plants as long as I could stand it, knowing they were doing good in their later life cycle, but also feeling like my yellow, straggly garden made me look lazy or incompetent. I was also acutely aware of the long gaps between harvests that would occur if I waited for plants to go to seed before replacing them. Now, I’ve given up all that anxiety, and I revel in this time. Th...

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