Saturday Linkages: Invaders, Sick Chickens and Adaptive Reuse

August 2, 2014

...blog/2014/08/when-to-isolate-a-sick-chicken/ … via @terrygolson Can Edible Gardening Reduce Deforestation? – http://go.shr.lc/1lkI1wO via @TenthAcreFarm How to Kill Poison Ivy – http://tafarm.us/1kEpTgQ via @TenthAcreFarm “Does Beauty Still Matter?” A thoughtful article by @mharrisonhough http://goo.gl/WxIcmv Adaptive Reuse: Old Stuff, New Life http://wp.me/p4fosC-i8 The Tree of 40 Fruit http://feedly.com/e/oYHHyvzf Protected Bike Lanes Grow in CA...

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Looking for Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants?

Mr. Homegrown

August 21, 2014

Garden Design, Gardening

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...ing, this summer, on lowering our garden’s water needs. How has drought (assuming that’s a problem for you) changed your gardening plans?...

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Self Watering Barrel Gardens, Aussie style

Mr. Homegrown

August 25, 2014

Gardening, Self Watering Containers

Gardening Australia did a video, well worth watching, of David de Vries’ self watering containers that he builds for the Red Cross in Alice Springs. De Vries has devised a simple and efficient way to turn drums into gardens. They look good too. We’ve featured self watering containers on our blog and in our books. They are a great way to deal with hot climates and bad soil. And, in many places, drums are as plentiful as people. Thanks to Helen in...

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Picture Sundays: Cigarette Card Trellis Advice

Mr. Homegrown

February 24, 2013

Picture Sundays

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...Via Deirdre’s Garden Diary and Homesteading, a Wills Cigarette Card from 1923. A little gardening advice with your cancer sticks....

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Saturday Linkages: Let’s Make Chickens Legal in Pasadena!

Mr. Homegrown

February 2, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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Let’s really make backyard hens legal in Pasadena CA! Gardening Preventing the heartbreak of splayage: http://ow.ly/1RN6pB Uli Westphal’s Ripening Tomatoes http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/01/uli-westphals-ripening-tomatoes.html#.UQxX3qqq5vY.twitter … The Wild, the Domesticated, and the Coyote-Tainted http://j.mp/14EAlz6 Design Tiny Apartment in Soho/Insanely Well Designed http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/01/tiny-apartment-in-s...

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