2015-04-10

What can we say about Los Angeles area rainfall this winter?

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I've received 8.35" of rain in my back yard this year.  Since I have a few years worth of data on rainfall in my back yard, and dec...

0.1" rain; season total 8.35"

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0.1" of rain fell on the night of the 7th in my back yard which brought the season total to 8.35".  Since I think that this is the...

California Native Plant Week and the long game

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California Native Plant Week (CNPW) is upon us, but it always seems like it's late to me.  In northern California where winter seems to...
2015-04-08

Squirrel deterrent

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But they will hop right over the screen....Oh. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
2015-04-04

Friendship Park II

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What's not to like? Brazilian pepper, wall to wall Euphorbia terracina, and mustard forests. Aside from that it's a nice view. - Pos...
2015-04-03

Friendship Park

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Here's an interesting sign. With all that mustard, one wonders how they define restoration. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
2015-04-01

Wildlife warning

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2015-03-20

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow....

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...and grow, and grow, and grow.  I'm sure it was cute when it was smaller.  As a gangly pre-teen, it's not even reached close to ...
2015-03-10

Visit to Oak Canyon Nature Center

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Oak Canyon Nature Center is surrounded by 58 acres of park in Anaheim Hills. Park grounds and trails are open sunrise to sunset, seven da...
2015-03-06

Cool and science pioneerish, again!

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.   On the LLP web site there there are 59 H. glacialis (Glacial Lady Beetle) reported but only a few with the extensa epithet, so I s...
2015-03-05

Bloom time!

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Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird Sage).  I think it's just the species.  As I noted in a previous post, gardeners will identify subspecies ...
2015-03-03

Eschscholzia californica maritima

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The maritima subspecies of California poppy is not even really recognized by many official publications. Apparently it's had its ins an...

Rain 0.59"; season total 8.25"

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We had another 0.29" yesterday and then more overnight for a total of 0.59".  The overnight rain was torrential at times and woke ...
2015-03-02

0.29" rain; season total 7.66"

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We had a storm come through that looked like was going to leave us with just trace rain.  Then during the day on the 1st we picked up nearly...