Cool Green Gardens
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Cool Green GardensToo Bad My Dog’s Color Blind – Sizzling Hot Colors of Summer
I was walking my dog the other afternoon and as is frequently the case, I had my trusty camera with me. Biff the Wonder Spaniel is a patient soul, waiting…
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Cool Green GardensFlowers From A Bad Sci-Fi Flick
Every once in a while I run across a plant I just can't figure out how to use. The other-worldly flower of Puya alpestris dazzled and confounded me once again.
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Cool Green GardensYou Love To Garden–Are You Ready To Turn Pro?
The big news from my San Diego visit was that this professional economist, wife and mother had just enrolled in the horticulture program at Cuyamaca Community College, majoring in landscape…
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Cool Green GardensWhy Not Replace Your Plants With Styrofoam?
Maybe I’m missing something and you can straighten me out. I’ve been under the impression that people put plants in their yards because they want to bring a little bit…
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Cool Green GardensDo You Suffer from One-of-Each-Itis?
For gardeners, impulse shopping is hard to avoid when everything at the nursery is calling to you. Don't distress. There's a cure for what ails you and it doesn't require…
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Cool Green GardensSanta Barbara Burning
As I swept, a wet bandanna over my smudged face, this occurred to me: The white flakes I was cursing were the remains of not only the tough chaparral that…
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Cool Green GardensFire-Wise Landscaping: How Safe Is Your Home?
Perhaps you are thinking, "Wildfires only happen out west." The last time I checked, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was on the Atlantic coast. The fire that broke out there on…
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Cool Green GardensYou Want To Paint My What?
I'm ready to pick my first fight. A guy in Perris California is being paid to paint the lawns of repo homes green. Why do they have front lawns when…
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Cool Green GardensWelcome to Cool Green Gardens – A view from the Left Coast
Please allow me to introduce myself. Billy Goodnick here. I'm a landscape architect, educator and writer living in Santa Barbara, California. I'm about one hundred miles north of L.A., right…
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