Welcome to the Summer Fruit Season

May 26, 2009

Homegrown Neighbor here again. I just picked the first peaches of the summer from a tree in my backyard. They are an early variety called Florida Prince. One was so ripe it immediately started oozing fresh peach juice onto my hand which I readily licked off. It was intensely sweet and full of peach flavor. The peaches all have the most wonderful aroma. Grocery store fruit never has a smell that intense and lovely. Yesterday I ate my first plum of...

Read…

Picture Sundays: Early Morning in the Garden

Mr. Homegrown

June 8, 2014

Picture Sundays

2 Comments

...Mrs. Homegrown did an amazing job re-landscaping the backyard. She mail ordered a lot of plants from Annie’s Annuals and Perennials. In the background is the Clary sage I planted from seed that spreads like a weed. Hey Mrs. Homegrown, how about an in depth post on some of these plants?...

Read…

Weed Eating Italian Style

Mr. Homegrown

February 26, 2007

Food, Foraging

1 Comment

Here at Homegrown Revolution we’re big proponents of eatin’ your weeds, which is why we were delighted to stumble upon an article on virtualitalia.com that contains a couple of weed recipes including dandelion egg salad and stinging nettle lasagna. As the article points points out Italians are one of only a few Western cultures that still actively forage. Spring approaches and with it a free salad bar and produce section just waiting to be picked...

Read…

Plantain!

Mr. Homegrown

August 10, 2007

Food, Foraging, Gardening, Water and Power, Water Conservation

Homegrown Revolution neighbors Annelise and Eric intercepted us on our nightly dog walk and not only invited us up to their front porch for a glass of wine, but also sent us away with a couple of plantains harvested from their next door neighbor’s tree. It’s exactly what we’d like to see more of–folks growing food instead of lawns and everyone sharing the abundance. While there’s a lot of banana trees in Los Angeles they tend not to yield edible...

Read…

Chicken Goes to Hollywood

Homegrown Neighbor

August 8, 2009

Animals, Chickens, Events

2 Comments

Homegrown Neighbor here. On Thursday Mr. Homegrown and I escorted my chicken, Peckerella, to her first public appearance. Peckerella was there to assist author Terry Golson, who has written a wonderful children’s book called Tillie Lays An Egg. The book has adorable pictures of her flock and features the adventurous Tillie, who likes to lay her eggs everywhere except her nesting box. Ms. Golson is currently in Los Angeles to share Tillie’s story...

Read…