Saturday Tweets: Cow Appreciation Day

July 14, 2018

...com/QxzmAXw2Rh — Scratching The Surface (@surfacepodcast) July 9, 2018 Low-water gardens buzz with life. They are bright, brilliant, colorful gardens with as much interest and variety—and in some ways more—than any other gardens. In fact, color and low water go hand in hand. https://t.co/Z4ltkYnlXo pic.twitter.com/oGny74F3TD — Timber Press (@timberpress) July 10, 2018 “Eventually, I gave up on staying on protected bike routes and went for cruising...

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099 The Amazing Sourdough Breads of Guy Frenkel

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2017

Bread, Fermentation, Food, Podcasts

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...uring the podcast we talk about his unique baking techniques such as yeast water, stencils and colored doughs. Even if you’re not a baker you’ll be inspired by Guy’s enthusiasm, persistence and creativity. Here are the links Guy mentions: Guy’s yeast water pdf farmer Larry Kandarian Perfect Sourdough Facebook Group Udemy online bread making classes The Sourdough Library T&A Farms Guy’s social media: @Ceorbread in Instgram, Ceor Bread Facebook, Guy...

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Preparing For El Niño Storms

Mr. Homegrown

January 5, 2016

Preparedness

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...pletely clogged with loose asphalt roofing material. Channeled some of the water from our gutters to the backyard garden. Since our house is on the hill I have to send the rest of the water down to the street, unfortunately. Made sure to have working flashlights with fully charged batteries. Our electricity has gotten increasingly unreliable over recent years. Charged the 2 meter ham radio (it’s also a scanner). Got a supply of dry goods that can...

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Trees Susceptible to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer

Mr. Homegrown

October 3, 2016

Gardening, Trees

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...ungus complex. Wood should be chipped to pieces smaller than 1″. Misguided water conservation efforts have, in my opinion, contributed to the problem by stressing our landscape trees. You should keep your trees appropriately watered. And it appears that with many of these trees, including avocados, prophylactic spraying with a pyrethroid-based pesticide every three to four months will be necessary. Dr. Turney is doing three more tree identificatio...

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From the Archives: That Time Kelly Accidentally Ate Hemlock

Mr. Homegrown

July 18, 2016

Food, Foraging

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...of seeds.” The rest of the class made noises of dismay. Someone offered me water. It was really embarrassing. As you might guess, Kelly survived. And thank you random number generator for the Jungian synchronicity: our last podcast is an interview with Pascal. As Kelly notes in her blog post, Hemlock is in the Apiaceae (carrot family). Novice foragers would be wise to avoid this family entirely. That said, Pascal tells a story of running into a gr...

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