Saturday Tweets: Gardens, Grilled Cheese and Infinite Chocolate Chip Cookies

...39;s magical layering @GreatDixter pic.twitter.com/3KWwuQIRYQ — Luciano Giubbilei (@L_Giubbilei) June 6, 2017 This week's #HDYGG is forest gardener Warren Carter of @mfgwp. Interview: @BadlyBehavedOne https://t.co/JcFF5rj5VY pic.twitter.com/cOkJp92NPE — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) June 10, 2017 Cool! RT @nprfood: An Illustrated Guide To Master The Elements Of #Cooking — Without #Recipes https://t.co/WCm2bur9hX — UC Food Observer (@uc...

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Top Six California Native Plant Performers

Between Kelly’s aortic episode and my mom’s passing, gardening took a back seat during the past six months. As a result, our yard doesn’t exactly look like Versailles. I’m thankful Kelly had the foresight, before our family emergencies, to reduce the amount of fussy annuals and increase the number of California native plants. While no garden is ever “zero maintenance,” some plants, such as these six California natives can survive with less care....

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Erik to Speak at South Pasadena Beautiful on June 3rd

...efreshments at 3:30). In addition to the usual subjects of chickens, bees, vegetables and the home arts I’ll touch on some hot button issues I find equally important: Tree care in a drought Creating walkable/bikeable communities Gardening with native plants Throwing neighborhood parties Why hay hooks are the new hipster fashion accessory (just kidding) It’s freeeeeeee! The South Pasadena Library is located at: 1115 El Centro St. Hope to see some R...

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Saturday Tweets: OMG This is Everything

...| James Wong https://t.co/2Sfd6jJJoa pic.twitter.com/7KLpuWdfVV — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) October 8, 2017 Get the details on DTLA Mini Maker Faire: https://t.co/Ru4OqcOwLZ pic.twitter.com/6AJHffDHfm — L.A. Public Library (@LAPublicLibrary) October 9, 2017 Beatrice explaining scientific theories to Dante about the moon’s appearance, from a mid-15th-century manuscript https://t.co/uvPGTk3033 pic.twitter.com/3eqzSKm1XR — Medieval Manusc...

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Saturday Tweets: Dumb Appliances, Chinatown Produce,

...Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 The Wrong Way to Teach Eco-Friendly Gardening | Garden Rant https://t.co/Rpo12wOLpI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 https://t.co/SKIBofeNZS: Solar Cooking with the Solavore Oven (“Moron’s Mea… https://t.co/gIDicJqrtl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 I love how Metro construction downtown has created narrower bike-friendly streets and extra wide pedestrian crossings. Can we keep them? pic.twitte...

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