February 2012
19 posts
Bamboo Geek! →
I was investigating what the best time of year was to plant my giant bamboo seeds. Hoping it is soon because I’d really like to get it going…. Anyway, I found this guy and his blog. Very good info for anyone interested.
January 2012
15 posts
Submit a photo of your odometer.... →
I did this because I like to brag about how many miles are on my ‘89 Volvo 240DL Wagon. 300,168 and counting!
The Dirt: "The Essential Urban Farmer" →
thedirtexperiment:
Today, after waiting in line at the Hollywood post office for 30 minutes, I finally took home my copy of Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal’s new book The Essential Urban Farmer.
Carpenter and Rosenthal both run their own farms in the city of Oakland, CA: Carpenter squats on an open…
Gallery - William Paton Community Garden -... →
This is cool
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Vertical Garden with Fish? →
There are three vertical gardens in this article. All of them are cool. But on page 2 the one with the fish tank is freaking smart.
September 2011
1 post
My 9/11 Post
I wasn’t going to do it. I wasn’t going to write this and relive the day, the week, the month….the years since. But I read Hotlead’s post and figured, ok, sure…let’s try. On September 10, 2001 my girlfriend at the time, Ashley, and I were working for Pallotta Teamworks and had either volunteered or were assigned to assist with the bicycle retrieval for the...
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
2 posts
Hoophouses
I was just investigating how to make a hoop house for my kale bed. This is more for protection from the flood of water that falls from the building that butts up to our property than to keep it warm, particularly since the kale doesn’t really need warm weather (making it great to grow in SF).
This flood of water has plagued us since we moved in but I decided to place the crate for the kale...
May 2011
18 posts
