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PACIFIC COAST IRIS: Violeta…

Posted on November 19, 2021 by admin

Welcome to our garden!

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CITINERARY: Rancho San Antonio

Posted on November 18, 2021 by admin

A classic 2h hiking itinerary… maybe longer… in spring with blooming wildflowers… popular but never disappoints… November highlights… follow the trail… . pdf Over the hills not very far away Coyote bush is the plant of the day Start at … Continue reading →

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aWorld2Celebrate: Take a Hike Day!

Posted on November 17, 2021 by admin

Learned that today is National Take a Hike Day, a good and healthy reason to celebrate!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Wildflowers

Posted on November 9, 2021 by admin

November is… planting time… for California native wildflowers… Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata)… Whorled Lupine (Lupinus microcarpus ‘Ed Gedling’)… Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata)… Godetia ‘Cattleya Lilac'(Clarkia amoena)… Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa)… Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)…

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DAY TRIP: Villa Montalvo

Posted on November 8, 2021 by admin

In search of a sugar pine… for an art exchange winter holiday project… another view of Villa Montalvo… Creando Espacio… Sugar Bush… Rolling Counterpoint… Four Bridges… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Wayside Manzanita & Coral Bells

Posted on November 6, 2021 by admin

November plant gift… Arctostaphylos hookeri… Wayside Manzanita or Inner Monterey Manzanita… one of the few manzanitas that does well as an understory plant… where it is planted… and a great candidate for a rock garden… thinking of another one in … Continue reading →

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DAY TRIP: San Francisco… East Bay

Posted on November 1, 2021 by admin

Short morning trip to Hayward… just before the second rain of the season… returning on Mission Blvd… with a drizzling detour on Niles Canyon… driving in the rain… wishing to return as soon and sunny as possible… on Niles Canyon … Continue reading →

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DAVIS: ZOMBIE BIKE RIDE

Posted on October 31, 2021 by admin

Davis Arts & Vintage Market… Zombie Bike Parade… great traffic… I see a gateway to a new Halloween tradition 🙂

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HIKING: Rhus Trail

Posted on October 30, 2021 by admin

Finally found a parking spot at Rhus Trailhead… hiked the first part of the trail… enjoying the fragrant laurels and ghostly buckeyes after the huge storm last weekend… to be continued to Black Mountain!

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October Plant Presents

Posted on October 24, 2021 by admin

Native planting season… Cercis occidentalis… California goldenrod… Golden Currant… annual wildflower seeds… including the Blazing Star… and some herbs for the fragrant garden… Yerba Buena… Midnight Mojito… Wild Magic Basil too!

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