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Saturday Tweets: Cornbread Controversies, 2×4 Furniture and El Niño

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Saturday Linkages
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...post: https://t.co/UF99bTReUp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Gardening information worthless to universities – unless someone else pays for it | Garden Rant https://t.co/1ApTgQ2ws4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 El Niño remains among strongest ever recorded, but California impacts a bit different than anticipated https://t.co/pquLBb9Bwc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 5, 2016 Ikea for 2x4s: Building gorgeous furnit...

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Mosaic Artist Jeffrey Bale

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Design, Garden Design, Gardening
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Jeffrey Bale is one of my gardening heroes and this video is, in my opinion, mandatory viewing. Bale’s artistic medium is the pebble mosaic and he’s taken his craft to levels not seen since the ancients. Bale spends three months every year traveling the world and searching for inspiration for his work. His astonishingly beautiful and insightful blog chronicles his travels and work. Bale captures what I think is missing in a lot of contemporary ar...

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How to Garden With California Natives: Lessons from the 2016 Theodore Payne Garden Tour

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Garden Design, Gardening
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...ust because you have native plants does not meant that you can’t also have vegetables and fruit trees. In fact, edibles benefit from the insect habitat provided by native plants. Over the years we’ve increased our natives and decreased our vegetables. I think we might be getting more veggies now from a smaller space. We also need to remember that many native plants are edible and medicinal such as these strawberries from the LaPlant/D’Auria garden...

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