gardening
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Up close: plants around the neighborhood
A week or two ago, it occurred to me that one way to improve my plant photography would be to, gasp, practice. I’m fortunate to live in an area where…
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Sun & rain: six-on-Saturday garden update
The day started with a low gray drizzle, mist over the southern hills and the sound of dripping echoing in the drainpipes. Mid-morning, however, the weather cleared. I spent the…
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The garden, late January, 2021 (!)
Here it is already, late January, the last Saturday in the month. Over the past several weeks I’ve thought about and not written half a dozen blog posts: on the…
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Tomato as perennial, and other mysteries
Mid December, and not much rain. I’ve been looking around the garden, and thinking things like should weed and time to prune, but then the sun goes on shining and…
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Six-on-Saturday garden report: early December
The rain hasn’t really begun, and the roses are still blooming. I turned the watering system off, then on again when I realized that November’s barely-there rain-slash-mist wasn’t going to…
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The tomato that shouldn’t exist
This is a Chadwick Cherry tomato, planted from seed I bought early in the pandemic from RedwoodSeeds.net. Isn’t it doing nicely? Look at those blossoms! That sturdy stem! The equally…
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