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FROM THE RANCH | Economical Container Gardening and the Salad Factory Experiment

Fri., Nov. 19, 2010 | Scott Kleinrock
Welcome to the first post on the salad factory, an experiment to see if in both quantitative and qualitative terms, container gardening is "worth it." It is an easy to set up, relatively inexpensive grid of plastic storage tubs
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EXHIBITIONS | Lending a (Bronze) Hand

Thu., Nov. 18, 2010 | Thea Page
Christopher Slatoff is a figurative sculptor who works in bronze, just like Giovanni Battista Foggini, Corneille van Clève, and the other artists featured in the exhibition "Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection."
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FROM THE RANCH | Thank You!

Mon., Nov. 15, 2010 | Scott Kleinrock
With the launch of the Blog, I wanted to take the chance to thank everyone who helped make last weekend's public launch of the Huntington Ranch such a great two days. This includes all of our speakers, participants, caterers, and staff at the Huntington.
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EXHIBITIONS | Bukowski on iTunes

Sun., Nov. 14, 2010 | Sean Hanrahan
Charles Bukowski's raw, easy, and simple style challenged the literary and cultural establishment, forging a deep bond with his readers and subjects — prostitutes, drunks, gamblers, and others struggling to survive in an unforgiving world
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Making a Case for Mark Twain

Tue., Nov. 9, 2010 | Natalie Russell
American author and humorist Samuel L. Clemens, better known by his popular pen name "Mark Twain," was born Nov. 30, 1835, making this year his 175th birthday.
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FROM THE RANCH | Urban Agriculture

Fri., Nov. 5, 2010 | Scott Kleinrock
Welcome to the Huntington Ranch Blog, the online home of The Huntington's new urban agriculture project. In the first decades of the 20th century, Henry Huntington's San Marino property was a working ranch, pushing agricultural boundaries with the first commercial avocado grove
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FROM THE RANCH | Return to the Ranch

Fri., Nov. 5, 2010 | Matt Stevens
In the spring/summer 2009 issue of Huntington Frontiers magazine, I wrote about a project that was underway to return The Huntington to its agricultural roots. Next week marks the official unveiling of the Huntington Ranch.
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Nature Upload

Tue., Nov. 2, 2010 | Lisa Blackburn
The gardens at The Huntington are among the most photogenic in the world. Just ask any visitor strolling down a path with a camera. Many of those visitors are sharing their photos on Flickr, inspiring a world-wide community of photographers