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WildSuburbia

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.

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  • My Very Own Guacamole

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 14:30 in vegetable

    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

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 00:44

    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

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 00:37 in parkway, garden photos, woodland garden, native grasses

    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...

  • Thanks

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 14:44

  • Soil Drainage

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 19:48 in horticulture

    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

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 17:00 in native plants, sustainable gardening, garden chores, backyard design

    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...

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