2014-02-28

Rain 1.5"; season total 4.18"

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Today's rain was heavy at times, but broke often enough to let the ponded water soak in.  More rain on the way tomorrow. 28 Feb 1.5...
2014-02-27

Lunada Canyon in early February

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I volunteer in Lunada Canyon and recent rains mean the weeds will go wild.  Euphorbia terracina is the worst offender.  I pulled more than ...

Rain 0.83"; season total 2.68"

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Last night we got a good amount of rain, 0.83".  At times it came down really hard, leaving me with 2.68" for the season with anot...
2014-02-17

But do they make it in pink Tinkerbell?

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- Posted from my iPhone Location: But do they make it in pink Tinkerbell?
2014-02-14

North side garden 2-2-14

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There's not a whole lot to recommend my north side garden. I had plenty of plans for it, but ended up neglecting it terribly until rece...
2014-02-12

Article notes nascent awareness of the ecological impact of our urban forests

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An article in The Guardian observes a nascent awareness of the ecological impact of our urban forests street trees forests.  I'll go ...
2014-02-10

Rainfall 0.30"; season total 1.85"

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We had a nice rain last Thursday with 0.28" in my back yard.  It got clear for Friday when I was out backpacking with the Scouts. ...
2014-02-03

Rain 0.19"; season total 1.55"

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At last some much-needed rain.  Over night we had about 2 tenths of an inch of rain, following a tease of trace rain in the previous week, b...
2014-01-14

It's not that dry a winter, yet

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I hear a lot of people saying that this winter is the driest on record, but that doesn't seem true to me - at least not yet.  Still, the...
2014-01-01

Rain barrel rethink?

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There is widespread concern over our lack of rain in Southern California so far this year. (If you have natives, now is the time to water d...
2013-12-20

Sunset with Lemonade Berry

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This was actually how it looked - I emailed this straight from my phone last Tuesday. Amazing. It was getting dark, but I think that wa...
2013-12-10

October to November garden

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Back on October 7, my bulbs started greening up. First the Crocus sativus (Saffron Crocus) By November 22, the C. sativus had grown a bi...
2013-12-09

Rain 0.27"; season total 1.36"

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In the last two years we've had over 2" cumulative rainfall by early December at my current address.  As of today, we have 1.36...
2013-12-08

Self portrait in George Eff Canyon

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- Posted from my iPhone