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The Genius of Nature

“Nature is full of genius, full of divinity;so that not a snow flake escapes it’s fashioned hand.” ~ Henry David ThoreauTwo major events, dear to my heart,…

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Sovereignty

Today was the final class in the California Native Plant Design series at the Theodore Payne Foundation. I now have a complete landscape design using native plants for the front portion of our lot. I chose plants from the Woodland and Chaparral communi…

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All About Leaves

Let us praise “Leaves” today, for they are a crucial component of our survival on Spaceship Planet Earth. Daily we exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with these lateral outgrowths which come in all shapes and colors.Leaves are one of the categories…

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California Native Plants

I’ve finally gotten into the Native Plant Design class at the Theodore Payne Foundation. YAY! This class fills up before it even gets posted on their website, I’ve been on the wait list for quite sometime. Can’t wait. The class begins Saturday, Februar…

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The Garden, part 2

Last Friday was the first day of the Native Pant Sale at the Theodore Payne Foundation. We are re-doing our landscape to incorporate as many indigenous plants as possible. Early last Friday my mom and I trekked out to Sun Valley to purchase natives. I …

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