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Another bloom in the neighborhood
Yesterday’s neighborhood concert featuring Luka Bloom was phenomenal. His voice and guitar skills were matched only by the beautiful lyrics and his Irish charm. It was almost as good to hear Bloom play...
View ArticleYou say repellant, I say eau de parfum
I’ve written about my fabulous new flower garden that was the birthday present from my green-thumbed friend Andrea. It’s filling in so nicely, I’ll post another picture in a week or two or when the sun...
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Vegetable Garden and the June Gloom
Despite the fact that we haven’t seen more than an hour of sun each day since June 1 – the fog just doesn’t lift anymore – the veggie garden is doing ok and remains deer free. Thought I’d post a...
View ArticleFruits and Roots
This morning I have a piece playing on the SFBay NPR affiliate station, KQED, about the abundance of casual fruit farming in our little corner of the world. Commuters all over the region who are...
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Irrational Fears
Looks innocent enough to me I recently learned that a friend of mine has a fear of ferns. Not the plant themselves, which grow so widely here along trails in the Bay Area, nodding their graceful heads...
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Garden Variety Delusions
We have an elevated garden bed formed by the natural slope of our front yard, edged in brick, about six feet wide by 15 feet long. Every spring, I am determined to make this 90 square feet feed my...
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Concert Interruptus
In my family, we have saying for when someone announces a matter of jaw-dropping insignificance with much fanfare and hoopla. So if you yell, “I’m putting my socks in the hamper!!” or “A bird just...
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Real Summer Pests
I recently got a pitch from a PR agency suggesting I write a post on something that’s top of mind for everyone this summer: what to do if attacked by killer bees. Luckily the agency has a client with...
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California Drought: Excuse Level Red
I’m not sure if the news has spread much beyond Cali yet, but as a region, we are apparently plunging into the Drought to End All Droughts. After two dry years and with no relief on the horizon, we...
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