Saturday Tweets: Raccoon Steals Donut

January 9, 2016

...UUvpRSN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 6, 2016 Stich & Glue Plywood Canoe https://t.co/kp3v9atE0x — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 5, 2016 3D Printed Self-Watering Planter https://t.co/UtQuRYR8Gu — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 5, 2016...

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Holy Crap! What a Nice Rooftop Garden!

Mr. Homegrown

May 4, 2008

Rooftop Gardening, Self Watering Containers

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...Photo by antifa123 Check out how these enterprising Chicagoans responded to the “but I don’t have room for a garden” argument via antifa173’s informative rooftop gardening Flickr set. Not only do you get to see their beautifully designed self-watering container system, but they tell you how to do it with detailed instructions!...

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Homegrown Revolution at the Silver Lake Film Festival

Mr. Homegrown

April 27, 2007

Thoughtstylings

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...Echo Park Film Center, Homegrown Revolution’s debut video “How to Build a Self Watering Container” will premiere at the Silver Lake Film Festival, as part of the Sustainable LA program on SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY May 6th at 11:30 a.m. at the LosFeliz 3 (1822 North Vermont Avenue-map). We’ll be sharing a program with composting Culver City comrade Elon Schoenholz, the Fallen Fruit dudes, and even the illustrious Midnight Ridazz, who have agreed to wak...

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Putting Your Civic House in Order: How the Young Members of the Family Help

Mr. Homegrown

July 10, 2017

Gardening

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...n as if it were nothing at all. In tilling the soil many a child “found himself.” In one school there was an Italian boy who just naturally could not help fighting. Though punished, he had a fight almost daily. All of a sudden he got interested in the work in agriculture and asked for a garden of his own. All the good land having been apportioned he was given part of a dump heap in a mean corner of a vacant lot just being put under cultivation. Af...

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Picture Sundays: A Keyhole Bed and Straw Bale Garden in Texas

Mr. Homegrown

June 9, 2013

Gardening, Picture Sundays, Straw Bale Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...first year to use compost tea. I am growing plants in two Keyhole Gardens, self watering 5 gal plastic buckets and two hay bales (coastal Bermuda hay) that have a wooden framework on top containing bulk landscaping compost from a local nursery. My plants are growing super fast and my tomatoes are loaded. This looks to be the best garden I have ever had. Judging from the fencing it looks like you’ve also figured out a way to deal with the deer. Tha...

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