Ramon Gonzalez
Ramon is the original urban garden blogging male espousing a DIY philosophy to gardening and garden projects.
Better known online as MrBrownThumb, he’s been demystifying gardening secrets for average gardeners online since 2005. Besides writing the popular MrBrownThumb garden blog he’s co-founder of @SeedChat on Twitter, the creative director of One Seed Chicago, and founder of the Chicago Seed Library.
Whether it’s saving and growing your own plants from heirloom seeds, digging a garden, or trying to lead a life that is more harmonious with nature; he believes we can all do it-and it doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming.
Besides writing for himself Ramon has been published in Lawn & Garden Retailer Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and writes Chicago Garden, a garden blog on The Chicago Tribune’s ChicagoNow website. In addition to his writings his photographs have been featured in publications like In These Times and Northern Gardener Magazine.
Oh, and what’s with the pseudonym? He believes that nobody really has a "black" or "green" thumb. Everyone kills plants -- the trick is finding the plants you don’t.
You can connect with him through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or Google+ where you can ask him pertinent gardening questions, leave him a story idea or learn where he'll be speaking about urban gardening and events he's involved with.
Latest Stories from Ramon Gonzalez - Page 9
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10 Online Gardening Communities You Should Join
Have a gardening question, but no friends who garden? The Internet is filled with forums for every gardening topic imaginable that you can turn to when looking advice.
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5 Creative IKEA Hacks for the Garden
Hack these IKEA products into something new for your garden.
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Make Your Own Plant Tags From Discarded Fountain Drink Cups
Upcycle fountain drink cups into plant tags to label your seedlings and plants.
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Grow Alliums for Spring Blooms Deer and Squirrels Won't Eat
The ornamental cousins of onions grow beautiful blooms deer don't like, but you'll fall in love with.
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The Do's and Don'ts of Backyard Composting
Follow these simple rules for composting success.
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Indoor Sculpture Garden Planted in Empty Downtown Chicago Storefront
Empty storefront transformed into indoor sculpture garden in Chicago.
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Oversized 'Urban Plant Tags' Label Sidewalk Fixtures as if They're Plants
This creative project labels urban sidewalk fixtures with giant plant tags.
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Drink Bottles Recycled Today in Times Square will be Converted into a School Garden (UPDATE)
Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today.
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The Avengers Assembled out of Repurposed Items for Target Ad Campaign
Creative ad campaign turns everyday objects into The Avengers for Target promo.
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Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica
Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.
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These 5 Self-Watering Planters Make Vegetable Gardening Easy
Eliminate the guesswork of when to water your container garden with these five examples of self-watering planters
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4 DIY Compost Bins You Can Build in One Day (VIDEO)
Save money on a compost bin by building your own. You can recycle wooden pallets, trash cans, barrels and cinder blocks for these projects.
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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine
Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island
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3 Compost Bins for Small Spaces
Composting doesn't have to be ugly. Here are three solutions to composting in small spaces.
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3 Lightweight Fabric Planters for Easy, Portable Container Gardens
Container gardens don't need to be heavy and expensive. Fabric planters make container gardening easy for small space gardens, and gardeners on a budget.
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Snoop Dogg Publishes 'Smokable' Songbook of His Greatest Hits
Snoop Dogg publishes eco-friendly, promotional book of lyrics to his chart-topping hits that you can smoke.
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World's First 'Edible' Cookbook That you Read, Prepare and Eat (Photos)
No bookshelves in the kitchen? No problem. Edible cookbook's pages are made from pasta. You're meant to read, prepare and eat the book.
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Artist's Eerie Mirrored Sculptures Reflect (On) Nature (Photos)
These mirrored sculptures simultaneously blend into, and reflect Scottish forest to recall past inhabitants of the land.
