Breathing Treatment

The artichokes in my front yard are sure ugly from a distance, but parts of it are excellent. - Posted at great expense from my iPhone

A late storm passed through and gave us 0.03" of rain in my backyard.  Actually, it was a "fat" 0.02" in my rain gauge b...

Everyone seems surprised at the recent rain. I know that I was. There is a definite chance of rainfall in May - the median rainfall amount...

A bulb in my garden. I ought to know the name, but it's slipped mind. It's a California native, of course. - Posted at great expen...

- Posted at great expense from my iPhone

Threatening storms decided not to give us much more rain, and we picked up only 1/100th of an inch over the course of a couple days.

Recently, I linked to a BBC article that quantified the amount of water embodied in production of a variety of goods (hidden or embedded wa...

Juli and I went on a garden tour sponsored by the South Coast chapter of the California Native Plant Society in Palos Verdes Estates last we...

I was in the desert briefly and took these photos .

On 4/19 we had 0.05" of rain. I held off reporting this rainfall since two more days of rain were predicted. However, despite a littl...

I went backpacking with the Boy Scouts to Point Dume back in March. I'm happy to report that the wildflowers were magnificent! There ...

An article that I read today on BBC News summarizes a report by Engineering the Future alliance of professional engineering bodies which dis...

Margaret's mallow is getting large! She writes that the trash can is in view because of some nearby cleanup.

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