Restoring a Built-in Ironing Board

July 17, 2015

Design

...ver Lake Walker and Five Dollar Guy so I could dress like a 1920s monopoly man and nobody would notice. Just another aging hipster! But I need not push this fashion thoughtstyling into self parody. Perhaps some moderate ironing and a commitment to looking just a bit better would suffice. Do you use an ironing board? How often?...

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Butter Making Demo at the Natural History Museum

Mr. Homegrown

August 6, 2015

Events

...quired) POTTING SUCCULENTS (*timed-ticket required) SPRAY PAINT MURAL with Self Help Graphics & Art BOTANICAL TOURS with NHM Garden Staff SMOKE FLY SAMPLING with NHM Citizen Scientists ENCHANTING TOY THEATER PERFORMANCES by NHM Performing Arts Staff LIVE ANIMAL PRESENTATIONS ART INSTALLATION, “Edge of Color” by Sarah Rara of Lucky Dragons LADWP Save the Drop Photo-Op *Activities require a timed-ticket; available on a first-come, first-served basis...

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Saturday Tweets: Audio Cassettes, Melting Astroturf and Sharing the Road

Mr. Homegrown

September 5, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...er 1, 2015 Five LAUSD high schools are forced to replace melting all-weather fields http://t.co/KvRuaJJAYE — meganpanatier (@MeganPanatier) September 1, 2015 Meet the *real* future of transport: The Non-Polluting, Autonomy-Building, Self-Driving Vehicle. pic.twitter.com/UI2cjhnjQY — Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) August 18, 2015 Vacations for grumps. #HatTip to #lajuliag >> One-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks http://t.co/r5U67qSRN1 — bisquiat (@bisq...

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Planting in a Post-Wild World

Mrs. Homegrown

October 19, 2015

Back to the Garden, Garden Design, Gardening

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...with no tall species present. Woodland/shrubland relates to the typical suburban yard where trees and shrubs mix with lawn. The forest is for those lucky enough to have land with stands of trees. Planting in Post-Wild World is not a simple how-to book. In fact, there’s nothing simple about it at all– but it is very clear. Its goals are ambitious, and while it might seem like it was written for designers, it can be used by a determined home gardene...

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Our new front yard: history

Mrs. Homegrown

November 11, 2015

Back to the Garden, front yard series, Garden Design, Gardening

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...ng their own landscaping, I’m following through on that promise. In a more selfish way, I like to have records like this of both our actions and our thought processes, because inevitably Erik and I will forget when we did things– and sometimes even why we did them! In the unlikely event you want to learn the history of our front yard while you drink your coffee, read on. Considering the site First, a brief description of the site. Our front yard c...

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