Nature Fest this Weekend!

...find booklets, done in collaboration with the Ecology Center, on container gardening, rainwater harvesting, bicycle basics, backyard chickens and food preservation. They’ll be priced to fly out of those boxes in my garage! I’ll also be doing a coffee demo at 1pm on both Saturday and Sunday and dispensing free advice in the booth for the entirety of the festival. Please drop by and hang out. And dig the book racks I built out of scrap plywood! See...

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Weed Cloth Fail

One of the few, in my opinion, indisputable truisms in gardening is covered this week on Emily Green’s blog Chance of Rain. Green’s warning to the novice gardener: weed cloth always fails. There’s considerable controversy about this subject but I reached the same conclusion as Green. I’m still picking bits of plastic weed cloth out of our backyard from a ill fated decomposed granite project dating from nearly fifteen years ago. It’s time to decla...

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Root Simple at Nature Fest March 18 and 19

...lesser known publications at a steep discount as well as answering random homesteading questions. We’d love to meet you in person! The Natural History Museum is one of my favorite places in LA. The event will feature: Over 30 exhibitor booths in partnership with local organizations Access to scientists and nature experts to answer all your questions Live animal presentations, stage performances and nature walks Expert tips on how to attract wildl...

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Saturday Tweets: We’re Back!

...lictrum thalictroides, a garden-worthy woodland non-ephmemeral wildflower https://t.co/mUyAc4QGO6 — Flatbush Gardener (@xrisfg) April 23, 2017 From Howards End to Dante's Inferno… Top 10 books about trees https://t.co/JzuGRYuSpY pic.twitter.com/tPmU2OkPQa — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) April 20, 2017 A Japanese cosplaying cat https://t.co/HXl75sCj60 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 20, 2017 The best part of this is watching Oslo lite...

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Erik to Speak at South Pasadena Beautiful on June 3rd

...efreshments at 3:30). In addition to the usual subjects of chickens, bees, vegetables and the home arts I’ll touch on some hot button issues I find equally important: Tree care in a drought Creating walkable/bikeable communities Gardening with native plants Throwing neighborhood parties Why hay hooks are the new hipster fashion accessory (just kidding) It’s freeeeeeee! The South Pasadena Library is located at: 1115 El Centro St. Hope to see some R...

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