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July 2026
Monthly Meeting


NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Growing Plant People - Horticulture Programs and Facilities at Southwestern College, With Holly McMullen, August 15, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Holly McMullen Holly McMullen is a tenured professor of plant science at Southwestern College and a field biologist with nearly a decade of experience working at the intersection of ecological research, habitat restoration, and higher education. Her expertise centers on the interactions between plants and animals, particularly within Southern California's diverse ecosystems, and she has conducted botanical and wildlife field surveys, managed large-scale restoration projects,
Jul 23
Articles


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Keep Calm And Carrot On!
By Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. With thanks to https://www.gloryofthesnow.com/carrot-puns/ for the punny title of...
Sep 1, 2021


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Eat From Your Summer Vegetable Garden
By Karen England. As Sommer Cartier recommends in her bi-monthly column, Grow with Abundance, in this, the May 2021, issue of Let's Talk...
May 1, 2021


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Asparagus and Strawberries, Just Not Together . . .
By Karen England. Did you read my April President's Letter in this issue of Let's Talk Plants!? If so, then you learned about a "new...
Apr 1, 2021


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: If You Didn't Toss It, And You Planted It, Then Cook And Eat It!
This month, while editing Sommer Cartier's column, GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Don't Toss It, Plant It! about growing sweet potatoes and green onions
Mar 1, 2021


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Tomatoes, the Umami Superfood
a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter), corresponding to the flavor of glutamates, especially monosodium glutam
Feb 1, 2021


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Duck Eggs
Early in the pandemic, mainly to control garden snails, I got two ducks to join my two old hens already in the chicken coop. You can read ab
Jan 1, 2021
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