Category Archives: .nature

DAY TRIP: New Years Creek Trail…

Posted on December 26, 2023 by admin

… on Año Nuevo Point Trail… back from the beach… elephant seals with reservation… bird symphony… rainy mushrooms… beauty!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Birthday Figs

Posted on October 25, 2023 by admin

Desert King Ischia Fig Ischia Fig Tree – Ficus carica Kadota Kadota Figs All About the Kadota Fig Kadota Fig Tree White Kadota Fig Tree

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SAN JOSE: La Vie en Rose

Posted on June 19, 2023 by admin

At San Jose Heritage Rose Garden that is… a beautiful place!

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EDIBLE GARDEN: Ribes Sanguineum

Posted on June 13, 2023 by admin

On the native plant wish list for a while… moving it up for the edible flowers… very fruity 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: The Edible Garden

Posted on June 6, 2023 by admin

In search of lovage… Hibiscus Roselle Jamaica… cherry tomatoes planted by good fortune last summer… didn’t find lovage this time… saving its space in the garden though… one plant leads to another… one cannot pass a chocolate cherry tomato… okra … Continue reading →

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DOCUMENTARY: A Life On Our Planet

Posted on April 30, 2023 by admin

A documentary worth watching! Our planet is headed for disaster. We need to learn how to work with nature rather than against it. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

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APRIL ANNIVERSARY: Scent & Color

Posted on April 21, 2023 by admin

Evergreen currant for perfume… Pacific Coast Iris ‘Tiburcio Vasquez’ for color… Fragaria vesca ‘Mara des Bois’ (Wild Strawberry)… Mignonette… you know, for the kids 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Birthday Bells

Posted on April 16, 2023 by admin

Heuchera sanguinea… ‘Coral Bells’… Happy Birthday! 🙂

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MOVIE NIGHT: The Rose Maker

Posted on February 2, 2023 by admin

A day later than Chandeleur… lovely French movie with Catherine Frot… for the young bio scientists out there 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Manzanitas

Posted on January 11, 2023 by admin

Little apples… Arctostaphylos… árktos means “bear”… staphulḗ a “bunch of grapes”… a genus comprising the manzanitas and bearberries… Bell shaped flowers… sinuous smooth branching… dramatic showy bark… wild beauties!

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