Artichoke Season at the Homegrown Revolution Compound

April 17, 2007

...second year. Artichokes are attractive, making an ideal choice for edible landscaping. They spread like crazy. Suckers can be transplanted elsewhere. They’re damn tasty either steamed, combined with pasta or made into an omelet. They do best in foggy coastal places but will also grow in the warmer interior where the Homegrown Revolution compound resides. In cooler locales they will thrive all year round. In warmer places they die back in the summ...

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Picture Sundays: Early Morning in the Garden

Mr. Homegrown

June 8, 2014

Picture Sundays

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...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?...

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Leaf Litter

Mr. Homegrown

December 12, 2006

Permaculture

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...nts that produce mulch, and placing them where the mulch will benefit your landscaping. Remember though that some trees such as black walnut and eucalyptus produce so called alleopathic chemicals that kill neighboring plants and hence would not be good candidates for mulch production. With the exception of these alleopathic plants, there is simply no good reason to rake up leaves. Blow up the bridge, let the leaves fall, let nature do its thing, a...

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In the Gutter

Mr. Homegrown

January 3, 2007

rainwater harvesting

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...ation, and to channel it to where that water can be useful, to your edible landscaping. As much as we support self-sufficiency, putting on gutters is a job we think is best left to professionals, specifically professionals who produce seamless gutters with a machine like the one pictured above. Putting up gutters yourself can often be a frustrating experience that you must perform while balanced high atop a ladder. Gutters must have the correct sl...

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Artificial Turf: Is It Ever a Good Idea?

Mr. Homegrown

July 15, 2014

Gardening, Thoughtstylings, Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...information on lawn alternatives as well as training classes on water wise landscaping, why did they have to include “non-vegetative groundcover” a.k.a. artificial turf in the rebate program? And why did they landscape one of their own facilities with the stuff? In this interest of keeping an open mind, I tried to think of circumstances in which artificial turf might be a good option. Maybe if it were used ironically? But I don’t really think its...

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