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May Bloom Day 2012

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Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, y’all! It’s been a lovely start to May for us out here in California. Even in our own mostly-shady garden there is plenty a-bloomin’ with the recent warm weather. Thanks to Carol of May Dreams … Continue reading

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Urban Hike: A Day in Pictures at Mission Dolores

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Okay, okay, so this is a minimalist approach to my Urban Hike series. Really, it’s just an excuse to post dozens of pretty-pretty pictures from inside the old mission, though I was impressed that they have over 130 plants in … Continue reading

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Garden Events for April 2012

By no means is this all-inclusive, but there are some garden events around SF that I got wind of that are of personal interest to me… Incredible Edibles in Containers | April 7th+8th Saturday+Sunday, April 7th+8th| 11am-12pm | Free Talk … Continue reading

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SF is Five Stripes of Goo: Hiking for Geology

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This is a little out of my typical format for my Urban Hike series, in that it’s spent documenting two whole Saturdays hiking various points around San Francisco instead of highlighting one particular hike. Some of these will doubtless turn … Continue reading

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Taking on Floristry: Ikebana Lesson II

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A couple weeks ago I posted about my recent ventures into floristry, via a CCSF class in Ikebana. I’m just a beginner at this myself, but am enjoying sharing the basics, Ikebana for Beginners, as it were. I’m sure there’s … Continue reading

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A Day on Alcatraz in Panorama

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This is really sad. I am so sore after only one morning of gardening on Alcatraz. Feels like I ran a marathon or something! Just tells me I need to put more effort into getting out there more often. 🙂 … Continue reading

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Taking on Floristry: Ikebana Lesson I

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This semester at CCSF I started venturing into a new, but related, topic to my horticultural schooling: Floristry. The Environmental Horticulture department at school offers the whole range of landscaping classes (I’ve literally wiped out every possibility of classes they’ve … Continue reading

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Urban Hike: Dolores Heights

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It’s been spectacular weather here yet again. I follow this garden blog out of Ireland, called Arigna Gardener, and it’s interesting to follow Bridget’s accounts of similar weather patterns happening over there. Nothing we can do about the lack of … Continue reading

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Urban Hike: Kite Hill

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This Winter has been an abnormally fantastic time to get outdoors in San Francisco. It’s been just about the driest December on record, and January is following suit with the beautiful, sunny days in the 60’s. Not to be flippant … Continue reading

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SF Sidewalk Gardens in the Bayview

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There are so many things I love about living in San Francisco. This was really the closest “big city” to where I grew up, so there has always been a draw to this place. I remember coming here regularly since … Continue reading

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