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Foggy Assets

Posted on September 28, 2012

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“Fog, Fog… I love the Fog I trip in the water, I fall in the sand I just love the Fog…”                         -Zann Cannon Goff, 1978   I wrote that simple and simplistic little poem when I was seven years … Continue reading →

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Tumblr Tuesday (on a Thursday?!?)

Posted on September 27, 2012

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Hmm. Curious. Somehow I managed to put together a Tumblr Tuesday post this week and stop one click short of publishing it. What the heck? I blame the homework I’ve been muddling through lately. Yeah, that’s it. Oh, well. It … Continue reading →

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Urban Hike: Twin Peaks

Posted on September 21, 2012

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With growing up in Nor Cal, and twenty years of living in San Francisco proper, I’ve been to the top of Twin Peaks by car a number of times. But, I had never fulfilled my desire to hike it. Until … Continue reading →

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The Changing Seasons (repost from Alcatraz Gardens blog)

Posted on September 21, 2012

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Shelagh Fritz, the head gardener on Alcatraz, wrote a great post yesterday about Fall color succulents in our Mediterranean climate. She even touched on the summer leaf-drop of Aeoniums that I posted about recently. She has lots of gorgeous Spring/Fall … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day (in Macro) – September 2012

Posted on September 15, 2012

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I hadn’t been out in the garden in quite a while, I’m ashamed to say, and was completely delighted to come across a slew of plants in bloom out there. Just in time for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day! Took all … Continue reading →

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So Long, Suckers!

Posted on September 14, 2012

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A few years ago my friends started up a blog over at Far Out Flora, and asked me to write a guest post. I was totally honored, and for some reason totally scared to write for a blog. I put … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with My Aeonium?

Posted on August 26, 2012

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This time of year I hear that question a lot, from garden clients and from customers at Flora Grubb Gardens. Aeoniums are these beautiful rosette-forming, succulent, small shrubs and perennials. Though often called “Hens and Chicks” like the other succulent … Continue reading →

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The Great Myth of Drainage Rocks

Posted on August 24, 2012

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Working in a nursery, I obviously encounter people needing guidance on how to pot a plant or plants into their lovely new containers. It’s a basic task to any of us who have done it, but I regularly run into … Continue reading →

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A Personalized Tour of Alcatraz

Posted on August 20, 2012

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Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting the new editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine, Lorene Edwards Forkner, here in San Francisco. She took the helm as editor of the quarterly magazine beginning with the most recent edition in … Continue reading →

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Fireworks on Alcatraz

Posted on August 12, 2012

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This week ahead I’ll be taking the editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine on a tour of the Gardens of Alcatraz as a follow-up to my soon-to-be-published essay, and realized I never posted from my last visit to The Rock. Don’t … Continue reading →

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