Category Archives: .nature

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY: ConChaChaCha…

Ceanothus ‘Concha’… cha cha cha 🙂 Ceanothus ‘Concha’ (California Mountain Lilac) True blue: how to plant ceanothus for quick colour

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FRUITINERARIES: Pomegranate

Ariana… to replace the irreplaceable Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… 🙁

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PLANTINERARIES: Thyme

Birthday gift… Thyme Faustinoi… Summer Thyme!

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FIG ITINERARIES: Desert King

One more fig try… Desert King for now… hoping to find the Ischia and Blue Celeste too… hmmm… Adriatic… Black Madeira… Coll de Dama… Smith…

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TOMATO TRIP: Stupice… sweet :-)

Wish granted… Stupice… Sun Sugar… and Juliet bonus 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Tomato Trip

STUPICE: Very early and very productive Czech variety… on the wishlist… Detour… Open Source Seed Initiative… Adelaide Festival… Dwarf Tomato Project… TomatoVille… Back to tomatoes… Striped German… San Marzano… Costoluto Genovese… Momotaro… Mexico… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Fava & Tomatoes

May is for Fresh Fava Beans… followed by tomatoes… Berkeley Pink Tie Dye… Brad’s Atomic Grape… Health Kick… Momotaro… San Marzano… Super Sweet! LEARN TOMATO GROWING TERMS … to be continued… tomatoes around the world 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Anniversary Gifts

Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’… Alpine Strawberry Mignonette… for pots… Phacelia californica… Phacelia ciliata… for pollinators… Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… for a soil test… Calico Monkeyflower… for beauty… Pacific Coast Iris… for colors… Happy Plantiversary! 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Canyon Snow Iris

For a good new year! It’s the second Canyon Snow Iris in the backyard and the first one doesn’t seem to find its place… hence a warm welcome to the new iris! 🙂

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DAY TRIP: New Years Creek Trail…

… on Año Nuevo Point Trail… back from the beach… elephant seals with reservation… bird symphony… rainy mushrooms… beauty!

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