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The Ultimate Flipper Fence?

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Design
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...ven see them as you scurry around your high-security compound. Examine the picture carefully and you’ll see the mandatory san-serif address numbers and the sort of biometric entrance gizmo they have in all those action movies to keep the zombies out. For that $890,000 you also get some Dr. Seuss plants. The real estate listing says, “Completely remodeled and designed with Silver Lake living in mind”. Silver Lake living don’t mean what it used to....

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A Day of the Dead Altar

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Domesticus, Thoughtstylings
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...f our late, much beloved dog, Spike. Ofrendas often have small statues of dogs, which are supposed to help guard the pathways of the dead. I have no doubt Spike would do that for us–maybe is even doing it now–so here, the little Spike doll serves both as guardian and portrait. There’s also a picture of my dad and an icon of the Virgin and Child. I’ve got to get some more framed pictures gathered up in the next day or so. Our poor Phoebe needs a sp...

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Coffee Grounds in the Garden

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Composting, Gardening, Pests, Vegetable Gardening, Vermiculture
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...ctions and feed earthworms. Authored by Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Extension Urban Horticulturist and Associate Professor, this peer-reviewed pamphlet also provides a set of suggestions for using coffee grounds in the garden: Coffee grounds should be composted before used as a soil amendment but can be used fresh as a mulch. Fresh grounds are phytotoxic, so keep them away from direct contact with roots. Coffee grounds will not necessarily make your...

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087 Foraging Controversy with Lisa Novick

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Food, Foraging, Gardening, Native Plants, Podcasts
...the podcast Lisa mentions: Weeds of the West Telling a new story about our urban and suburban landscapes Talking to the neighbors Impact of the drought Design tips from the 2016 Theodore Payne garden tour Theodore Payne plant list Native gardening mistakes Edible California natives California natives in pots Hooker’s Evening Primrose in bloom. Photo: Lisa Novick. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2...

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Saturday Tweets: Coffee, Bees and Bog Butter

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...@rootsimple) June 17, 2016 A 67-Mile Hiking Trail Just Opened Through LA’s Urban Mountains https://t.co/tZg1QA0kEU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 18, 2016 Building a #garden wash station https://t.co/7VDEZ3oIYD #gardening — Tenth Acre Farm (@tenthacrefarm) June 18, 2016 Giant 2,000-year-old hunk of bog butter just found – and it’s still edible https://t.co/YDyjqBxyVZ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 13, 2016 Solid reclaimed Wood Chair https://t....

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