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December Bloom Day – Follow-Up Foliage

Posted on December 16, 2011

The day after Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day is sometimes used as an opportunity to highlight foliage throughout the season. Hence, Follow-Up Foliage day. I’m glad I have some good blogging friends, Matti and Megan at Far Out Flora, to have … Continue reading →

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December Bloom Day

Posted on December 15, 2011

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Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, all. I totally flaked out on posting any pix last month because nothing different was blooming since the October post. Here we are mid-December, and I went out this morning to take a slew of … Continue reading →

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boZannical Design + Installation: Succulent Vertical Gardens

Posted on December 11, 2011

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I originally worked at this house a couple of months ago, but didn’t post about it because I knew there might be more work coming. Well, also because I didn’t take pix because I knew they wouldn’t prove to be … Continue reading →

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Capping the Soil (or, Mulch Madness)

Posted on October 23, 2011

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The purpose of mulch is multifaceted. In nature, plants drop leaves and they form a natural mulch. It decomposes where it falls and the nutrients return to the soil for the plants to use again. In gardens, we often remove … Continue reading →

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October Bloom Day

Posted on October 15, 2011

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Happy October Bloom Day! Here are some shots of blossoms and blooms around our garden today… Enjoy!

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Installation: Russian Hill Upgrade

Posted on October 14, 2011
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The most recent installation I got to undertake by way of a design from Patrick on Flora Grubb Gardens’ design team was a house up on Russian Hill here in SF. It was an installation in two phases: Phase I … Continue reading →

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Holy Fisheries, Batman!

Posted on October 4, 2011
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This is something kinda cool. A friend of mine, Liam (formerly from the nursery), has gone off on his own endeavors, and is starting a sustainable fishery in Santa Cruz County. It’s pretty nifty! His company, CSA Aquaponics, has combined … Continue reading →

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Fibonacci Fascination

Posted on September 20, 2011

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Have y’all heard of Fibonacci’s Ratio? I first heard the term in a plant ID course a couple of years ago, and it keeps coming up since then. It’s this totally fascinating mathematical sequence, and I just can’t help but … Continue reading →

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September Bloom Day

Posted on September 15, 2011
from our garden

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Happy Bloom Day, everyone! I’m catching up to this whole blogging thing, and evidently each month garden bloggers use the 15th to post sumpin’ bloomerific! From our own garden… And from this morning’s trek to the park….

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Into the Breech

Posted on September 12, 2011
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Ahh, Alcatraz! Last week I had time to get out to Alcatraz for some volunteer gardening work. Alcatraz is the first place I did gardening outside of my own home and classes at school, and it has always been a … Continue reading →

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