Apartment Parking Lot Gardening in East Hollywood

...legs just place on top bricks or wood to allow for drainage). 4) Pure tung oil (expensive and not really necessary as the cedar or redwood will last for years as-is and is cheap to replace). 5) Galvanized screws or nails. 6) For the soil I recommend you check out Square Foot Garden by Mel Bartholomew as he has a great formula for growing plants in this kind of small area. 7) I recommend you go with seedlings if you are a new gardener and I bought...

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Saturday Linkages: Bitters, Dogs and Native Plants

...reed “Improvement” http://wp.me/p1VSYl-eg Los Angeles Was Once a Forest of Oil Derricks http://southland.gizmodo.com/los-angeles-was-once-a-forest-of-oil-derricks-1469825345 … Full-color handout for plant-based eating. Tips for food, nutrition, shopping. http://truelovehealth.com/2013/12/04/how-to-eat-more-plant-based-meals-handout-now-available/ …. Eagle Rock backyard yields fresh fruit and food for the hungry http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2013/1...

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Saturday Linkages: Grains, Collapse and Mangoes

....com/releases/2010/12/101206101241.htm … via @TLAJoanne Interactive: Snake Oil Supplements? The scientific evidence for health supplements | Information Is Beautiful http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/ … File under “Duh”:Science Compared Every Diet, and the Winner Is Real Food – James Hamblin – The Atlantic http://bit.ly/1ivLOri via@michaelpollan Growing Nyjer Thistle In North America: http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009...

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Nasturtium Leaf Pesto

...inda labor intensive. Nancy made a pesto with the leaves and I had to try my own version: Nasturtium leaf pesto 2 fistfuls of nasturtium leaves 1 fistful of nuts–pistachios preferred but any will do a half fistful of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano olive oil salt pepper Roast nuts in a pan. Let them cool and add to a food processor with the nasturtium leaves, cheese, salt and pepper. Add olive oil as you pulse the processor. Process until smooth. Add t...

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Welcome to the new Root Simple!

...r the “Video” tab as well as on our YouTube Channel. We’re also working on making the videos “video podcasts”, so you can sign up to download them automatically. On the subject of podcasts, we have long promised podcasts but have decided to focus on video production for now. Keep an eye on the “Upcoming Events” in the right-side menu bar. More info will be found under the Events tab at the top. A hint for searching: The search box at the top of ou...

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