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February 2026
Monthly Meeting


NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Riley Black, When The Earth Was Green, February 21, Oasis, RB And Zoom
Riley Black is the bestselling and award-winning author of When the Earth Was Green , The Last Days of the Dinosaurs , and more. A regular contributor to National Geographic , Smithsonian , and Slate , as well as a repeat guest on NOVA and Science Friday , Riley has spent more than fifteen years bringing the public the latest about the deep past. When not enthusing over fossils in articles and books, Riley regularly volunteers with museum field teams to uncover new
Feb 1
Articles


TREES, PLEASE! It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature
By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2026. Expansive Empty Parking Lot with a Single Tree Under Clear Blue Sky - Urban Planning Concept Stock Illustration - Illustration of commercial, landscape: 329009840 Royalty free - AI generated. It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature Down at the City of Encinitas (COE) headquarters (HQ) the bureaucrats have been busy creating policies and legislation about trees. They are currently debating the finer points of … A) a Native Plant
Jan 1


TREES, PLEASE! Travel Advisory – PODOCARPUS SPECIES
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2025. Located on 101 in Solana Beach. Representative of which species? Photo credit: Chartreuse Appreciation Society. Travel Advisory – PODOCARPUS SPECIES Destination: Coastal Region of Encinitas, California Advisory Level: Level 3 – Exercise Increased Caution Summary: Podocarpus specimens are advised to exercise increased caution when choosing the coastal area of San Diego County as permanent growing locations due to inhospita
Nov 1, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Christmas In July
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Photo credit: Lincoln National Forest Christmas Tree Permit in New Mexico -...
Jun 30, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Mr. Dressup Tree
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Mr. Dressup (TV Series 1967–1996) - IMDb I lived in Canada for twelve years from 1975 to...
Apr 30, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Time For A New Day
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. Leaving support stakes for more than one year leads to problems with the tree ties. If...
Feb 28, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Got Growspace?
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Too close for comfort (in about 5 years). Photo credit: Tim Clancy. Got Growspace?...
Jan 1, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Pines In Oakcrest Park, Encinitas, California
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2024. Pines In Oakcrest Park Sometime in the last approximately 35 years some Torrey...
Oct 31, 2024
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