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WildSuburbia
http://www.wildsuburbia.blogspot.com
Lizards, bees, mantids, birds and small mammals share with my family their wild garden behind our house in suburban Southern California. In my blog I share information on gardening with native plants, and post lots of pretty pictures of the plants and animals that I find in my garden.
Recent Posts
My Very Own Guacamole
I am rushing off to a meeting on native walnut trees and wanted to upload a picture of something I am very proud of. I made this guacamole today from ingredients that only came from my garden... except the salt. The tomatoes this year were disappoin...
Angeles Crest Highway Opened Monday
The Angeles Crest Highway opened for the first time last Monday since the Station Fire in August. There's a new road, new guard rails, new signs, and evidence of lots of other new infrastructure. A monumental achievement!Today I decided I couldn't w...
Late Autumn in the Garden
It was a cool day today but for me this is southern California at its best. The toyon berries are bright red, Roger's Red grape has autumn foliage that competes with New England (yes, I said it! - well, on a smallish scale anyway), the grasses are ta...
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Soil Drainage
Yesterday I gave a class at the Theodore Payne Foundation on Easy Care for a Native Plant Garden. (As promised I am posting the powerpoint in the presentation section of my website.) Soil drainage was a topic covered in the class. In preparation ...
Before/After
Thought I'd make a fast post with some before and after pictures. The deck is gone, gone, gone. Interestingly I had a hard time finding pictures taken across the deck so it's not a great before/after. As a reference point, you can see the deergrass...

