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- Market Served: Metropolitan Area
- Address: 122 W. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Phone: (805) 965-5205
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Soil Test This Fallnew
Testing the soil in a vegetable garden is quickly done, and the benefits are long-term. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Richard Hentschel said that if the soil is right, gardeners should be able to produce fresh vegetables all season long.
Illinois Times |
Staff |
09-25-2012 |
Environment
Vegetable Gardening for Dummiesnew
You don't need fancy equipment or gardening expertise to grow your own food.
East Bay Express |
Linnea Due |
05-10-2012 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening, growing vegetables
School Garden Programs Hope to Change Kids' Relationship with Foodnew
If there's a downside to teaching children how to nurture a green, nutritious school garden, it's hard to fathom. The list of touted benefits is lengthy: students reap fresh air and physical exercise, hands-on participation, awareness of the natural environment, so called "school bonding," and an unprecedented taste for raw spinach.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dina Maccabee |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Resourceful Home Brewers Grow Their Own Ingredientsnew
Growing some of the plants needed for that five-gallon batch of beer will bring new meaning to the term hand-crafted. Plus, growing your own beer ingredients is a great way to brew green.
Isthmus |
Robin Shepard |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Grassroots Lawn Carenew
How to get healthy, picnic-ready lawns without all the chemicals.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-01-2008 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
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Waves and Rockets: Surfing in the Middle Eastnew
A California surfer heads to Middle East in search of swell and truth.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jesse Aizenstat |
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Unicyclist's Affair with the Foothills: Man Drives 200 Miles to Ride Santa Barbara Trailsnew
Santa Barbara County is also a hub for mountain unicyclists, also known as MUni. One of these is the energetic and passionate Terry Peterson, a 54-year-old extreme unicyclist who frequents Santa Barbara trails even though he lives in Redondo Beach.
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Irish Music, Dance Hit Santa Barbara for the Holidaysnew
Last Wednesday, Tomáseen Foley and his troupe of four transformed the Granada into an Irish “rambling house,” sharing stories, traditional music, and dance. Throughout the show, Foley shared traditions that went back before “the quills inked history,” as his grandmother put it, creating an intimate ambiance.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Michelle Drown |
12-22-2009 |
Performance
The Ancient Origins of Pet Ratsnew
Only becoming popular as pets over the last century, rats have actually lived with humans for thousands of years. While historically rats were viewed as disease-ridden, it was black rats that were involved in spreading bubonic plague; modern pet rats normally pose no health risk to their owners.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Teisha Rowland |
12-07-2009 |
History
Pet Psychic Gets Friendly With Dolphinsnew
A few weeks ago, a pod of dolphins was swimming around the surfers and I thought I would challenge myself to make friends with them.
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