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    Let Mr. Spock Choose Your Plants

    What if a truck dumped 8,000 different plants in front of your house. Could you sort through them and create a garden that works for you, doesn't eat up all…

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    Dumber Than A Potted Plant? Not So Fast

    A drizzly day in San Diego, a camera, and mass confusion about what to write about. Then I noticed what brilliant structural engineers plants could be. It's all about resisting…

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    Rain Dance

    I'm a slug, not a lizard. I'd rather be under a boulder than baking on top of it. My ideal weather is the cool temps of a SoCal winter; my…

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    Dallas in September: Sweatier Than A Bronco Rider’s…

    For all you folks who live where the summer norm is 90-plus temps and 2437.3% humidity, I am in awe of you. I've been back from the Garden Writers Association…

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    Scotts Miracle-Gro Stole My Ammo

    Since I also love taking pot shots at those who I perceive as bad guys, imagine my delight when I saw that the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was sponsoring breakfast at…

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    Calling On The Capitol – DC Revisited

    I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but something's up. Why would those tricky devils at the Garden Writers Association derive so much pleasure from watching me perspire? A little background: I...

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    San Francisco Road Trip Part I – UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

    Cool as it's been in my hometown of Santa Barbara, Lin and I decided to get out of town for a few days and subject ourselves to the San Francisco…

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    Five Step Program for SMS – Help Is On The Way

    Do you find yourself stumbling around your yard, arms extended zombie-like, a plant in each hand, mumbling "Where can I put these?"

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    The American Meadow Garden : Win A Free Copy of John Greenlee’s Book!

    I couldn't wait to get my hot little hands on The American Meadow Garden: Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn, (Timber Press) written by grass and meadow madman…

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    Great Garden Speakers – Coming To Your Town?

    GreatGardenSpeakers.com is a brand new website helping garden clubs, Master Gardener groups, botanical institutions, nature centers, garden shops, flower shows bring informed and dynamic speakers to their programs and pack…