Gardening Resources in Los Angeles County

September 26, 2013

...table Gardening When to plant: http://www.scribd.com/doc/154952660/What-to-Plant-When-in-Southern-California Our favorite seeds, Franchi Seeds, are available at http://growitalian.com/, http://theheirloomseedstore.com/ and at Sunset Nursery in Silver Lake. Vegetable gardening classes: Grow LA Victory Gardening Initiative. Visit the Huntington Ranch for ideas and inspiration. The Environmental Change Makers offer a number of great classes and publi...

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The End of California Citrus?

Mr. Homegrown

September 11, 2009

Food, Gardening, Pests

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...m? Rather than try to answer the unanswerable, I’m going back to two of my favorite books books that don’t have anything to do with plants. Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable , a meditation on the logical fallacies of economists and Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic have all the strategic wisdom a gardener needs. Seneca would say, do what is in your power to do and don’t worry about what you can’t fix. Taleb wo...

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Homegrown Evolution in Chicago

Mr. Homegrown

May 9, 2009

Events

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...reservoir full. No weeding, no mulching, no worries. You’ll go home with: –Plant-ready two-bucket sub-irrigated planter (SIP). –Enough potting mix, organic fertilizer, and powdered lime to plant your tomato. –An organic heirloom tomato plant, from the Green Roof Growers seed-starting group –Comprehensive understanding of how SIPs work and how to plant yours once you get home. MAY 21 HOMESTEADING 101 with Erik Knutzen 7-9pm $7-10 (sliding scale) Ex...

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Biochar Results: Mixed

Mr. Homegrown

May 8, 2014

Gardening, Permaculture

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...the consequence of a complex signalling network that is focused around two plant growth hormones. However, the finding for plant defense genes was entirely unpredicted and could have serious consequences for the commercial development and deployment of biochar in future. Any risk to agriculture is likely to prevent wide scale use of biochar and we now need to see which pest and pathogens are sensitive to the gene expression changes. Thanks to Mich...

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Grow Italian!

Mr. Homegrown

September 2, 2006

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

...e seed packages have no connection with our climate. You need a book like Pat Welsh’s Southern California Gardening to set you straight on what to plant and when to plant it. Now get out there and plant some seeds....

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