Saturday Tweets: Cockroach Donuts!

November 18, 2017

...orkshop) November 16, 2017 Are you a Los Angeles County resident who loves gardening and would like to teach others? Consider becoming a UC Master Gardener Volunteer! Now recruiting for our class of 2018: https://t.co/jdG8VG2ttR @ucce_la @UCMasterGarden #gardeners #losangeles — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) November 16, 2017 This is usually what happens. https://t.co/hjezSCcTGV — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) November 15, 2017 Thanks to the new wa...

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Saturday Tweets: Passover/Holy Saturday Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...Alys Fowler https://t.co/mSGg4x4zCD pic.twitter.com/37z1Qx4zDW — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) March 31, 2018 Virginia opossums are the only marsupials native to North America. Just like the offspring of kangaroos and wallabies, baby opossums are called joeys. pic.twitter.com/pKOwZbbzz3 — NHMLA (@NHMLA) March 30, 2018 An advertising scheme launched in the 1930s is the reason so many American families‘ Seder tables include a Haggadah made...

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Lessons from the 2018 Theodore Payne Garden Tour

Mr. Homegrown

April 16, 2018

Design, Gardening, Native Plants

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The gardening equivalent of Beyoncé’s triumphant 2018 Coachella performance took place on the very same weekend. Theodore Payne’s annual garden tour reunited pollinator friendly plantings, low water use and great design in a sort of horticultural equivalent of the return of Destiny’s Child. Lush and traditional garden design even made a Jay-Z like cameo appearance at the stunning stunning Wilson/Leach garden in Altadena (seen above). Native plant...

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Saturday Tweets: LA’s Grim Streets, Being the Change and More Medieval Marginalia

Mr. Homegrown

April 21, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...| James Wong https://t.co/hO4VeShnL8 pic.twitter.com/LfSuxi1DaS — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) April 16, 2018 Love following these plant hunting expeditions in Tajikistan & Uzbekistan: Adventures along the silk road. Nothing more exciting than seeing plants living free and in the wild https://t.co/h81qvNPDSB pic.twitter.com/qsQjn7IjEI — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 16, 2018 How to create a universe, in 4 stepshttps://t.co/jScQytY...

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Weekend Linkages: Goblincore, Casino Bombs and Hoes

Mr. Homegrown

August 1, 2021

Saturday Linkages

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...Goblincore: the fashion trend that embraces ‘chaos, dirt and mud’ Drivers for Elon Musk’s Loop get a script about their ‘great leader’ Enter the Dragnet FBI Artifact of the Month: Harvey’s Casino Bomb (Via Mark Frauenfelder) How many years until we must act on climate? Zero, say these climate thinkers Facebook cracks down on discussing ‘hoes’ in gardening group...

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