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Sep 1

NEXT MEETING: 10/12, Manzanitas & More - Creating Garden Structure with Natives

Su Kraus is owner and joint founder of Moosa Creek Nursery, a wholesale nursery specializing in California native plants. In 2004 when the n

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Sep 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: Dos and Don'ts of Power Pole Gardening

Do you have a power pole in your garden? I do. And, for the last 19 years I have successfully gardened around mine. I say successfully becau

Jul 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: Dogs in the Garden

One of the unexpected outcomes of the Covid-19 quarantine is the remarkable number of pets that have been rescued from shelters worldwide. M

Jun 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: Quarantine Snailpocalypse

While the rest of the world learned to make sourdough bread with little or no ingredients or started a victory garden with a clay pot that t

May 1

EDITOR’S LETTER: Smartphone Gardening - There’s an App for That!

I am never without my smartphone because it is how I communicate with my invalid mother who lives with me. She texts me when she needs somet

Apr 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: Gardening Boom Comes From COVID-19

I had a phone conversation last week with my cousin, the owner/operator of Sunshine Gardens in Encinitas about his invalid wife and my inval

Mar 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: "Irish Peony"

In July and August of 2004, December of '07 and June and July of '08 I traveled to Ireland for weeks at a time each trip, specifically to st

Feb 1

EDITOR'S LETTER: Some Thoughts on Scientific Plant Names Brought on by a Very Large Vine.

My parents were born in and I grew up to the age of 11 in Sierra Madre, California, a tiny, idyllic burg in Los Angeles County, the home of

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September 2020