Tag: ca natives
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Starting the new year with a little gardening
There was a break in the rain on New Year’s Day so I headed over to the school. I carried a couple plants with me that had been growing in pots on our patio for a while: California Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense), cultivated from overflow from our yard, and goldenrod (probably Solidago velutina ssp. californica), salvaged…
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Parsing “Pollinator Post”
May Chen runs a treasure of an e-mail newsletter, the “Pollinator Post”, where she shares macro shots of insects and plants, mostly local natives, from her hikes around the East Bay, along with commentary drawing on her decades of experience as a docent. Until recently, these posts were available only via an invite-only e-mail group,…
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Interview with Ginny Hunt of Seedhunt
Huge gratitude to Ginny Hunt of the wonderful Seedhunt.com, “Seeds of California Native Plants and More”, for being up for answering a few questions via e-mail. Previous articles about her work include “Unusual Seeds For Curious Gardeners” (2004; Archive), “Sowing Wildflowers” (2009; Archive), “Hunting for seeds: Watsonville woman”s website offers hard-to-find natives, salvias, restios” (2018;…