Saturday Tweets: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

November 28, 2015

...wer #askalys https://t.co/hBbUMnainM pic.twitter.com/y4KdI1toNB — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) November 28, 2015 The LACBC Open House is on Thursday, December 3rd! RSVP and join us to learn what LACBC has been up to! https://t.co/iQ3EEn39iJ #bikeLA — LACntyBikeCoalition (@lacbc) November 28, 2015 I've always imagined it will be this way, too!: Air travel ain’t what it used to be (Comic) https://t.co/RIUsGqB9B0 #psychictwins — Root Sim...

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Looking for Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants?

Mr. Homegrown

August 21, 2014

Garden Design, Gardening

2 Comments

...ing, this summer, on lowering our garden’s water needs. How has drought (assuming that’s a problem for you) changed your gardening plans?...

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Self Watering Barrel Gardens, Aussie style

Mr. Homegrown

August 25, 2014

Gardening, Self Watering Containers

Gardening Australia did a video, well worth watching, of David de Vries’ self watering containers that he builds for the Red Cross in Alice Springs. De Vries has devised a simple and efficient way to turn drums into gardens. They look good too. We’ve featured self watering containers on our blog and in our books. They are a great way to deal with hot climates and bad soil. And, in many places, drums are as plentiful as people. Thanks to Helen in...

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Saturday Linkages: Dia de los Muertos Edition

Mr. Homegrown

November 1, 2014

Saturday Linkages

Storing garden tools with style (aka Zombiewall) http://t.co/IapgFLe0xh #gardening pic.twitter.com/q8OaATUgaJ — Timber Press (@timberpress) October 31, 2014 The life-changing magic of Tidying Up http://t.co/YAqJoa1Vzk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 1, 2014 Neighbors raise stink about mothball driveway http://t.co/RehcKFDhfZ via @BigNewsNetwork — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 30, 2014 Don’t Believe the Headlines: Bike Boom Has Been Fanta...

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The Hugelkultur Question

Mr. Homegrown

November 17, 2014

Gardening, Permaculture

48 Comments

...hould be experimenting, I thought. And we have a pile of wood. But, like a gardening version of Hamlet, I started waffling again. I decided to post the hugelkultur question to the Garden Professor’s Facebook page. One of those horticulture professors, Linda Chalker-Scott is someone who I seek out when writing a magazine article. A civil discussion ensued on that Facebook page, proving that Facebook is good for something other than angry political...

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