A White House Vegetable Garden

August 4, 2008

Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Vegetable Gardening

...rnia’s Chez Panisse. Waters asked then president Bill Clinton to grow some vegetables at the White House. Clinton responded, “send me the seeds Alice” only to renege on the idea, claiming that it would interfere with the historic and formal White House garden plans. But what about that White House putting green? San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom broke ground this summer on a kitchen garden at city hall. Former mayor “slick” Willie Brown responded l...

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Garden Swap

Mr. Homegrown

October 15, 2008

Gardening

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Growing your own vegetables is a great way to add flavor, nutrition and, if done carefully, save money in our uncertain economic times. But what if you live in an apartment and don’t have any land to call your own? Homegrown Evolution’s in-box contained an answer to that problem for folks in the Los Angeles area. We love this idea: “Cultivating Sustainable Communities (CSC) is launching its newest project. GardenSwap is an opportunity to pair up...

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Homegrown Evolution at Modern Times San Francisco

Mr. Homegrown

October 13, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...and support this indepedent, collectively owned bookstore which has been in business since 1971 and hear Mrs Homegrown talk about vegetables, chickens and much more....

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Secondary and Edible

Mr. Homegrown

January 13, 2009

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...Homegrown Evolution is headed to San Francisco for the week on business and will be away from computers (thankfully). Along the way we’ll be enjoying the agricultural vistas of California’s Central Valley via Amtrak’s lumbering San Joaquin train. In the meantime, please take a look at this fascinating link, the secondary edible parts of vegetables. Cucumber stem tips and young leaves for dinner anyone?...

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Denver and Los Angeles Experience Crowds Staring at Chicken Coops

Mr. Homegrown

March 3, 2009

Animals, Chickens, Events

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...und, America has discovered that it just might be a good idea to grow some vegetables and keep some chickens. There’s lots of motivating factors, no doubt. A bad economy and dissatisfaction with factory farming to start. But we also suspect that folks have discovered that it’s just plain fun to do all the old home arts with the handy networking tool known as the internet. Above, the Denver Urban Homesteading meetup group. If you’re in the Denver a...

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