Tag: plants

  • AI eating AI?

    I recently gave a yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii) plant to a neighbor. I think this is the 5th yerba buena plant I’ve given away so far in the past year? This is one of my favorite California native plants. The neighbor asked me whether it’s safe for cats so I did some research online. Reiterating…

  • Los Altos council candidates on native plants in city plantings

    I e-mailed the five candidates for Los Altos city council the following question on September 8, 2024: Per Doug Tallamy’s work, using locally native plants in landscaping is important in restoring ecosystem health, rebuilding the food chain. Using natives also reduces the risk of introducing new invasives and diseases into surrounding wild areas. They require less water and…

  • Walking along North San Antonio to El Camino Real

    I had a nice walk this morning, my first time walking from our new place to El Camino Real. Strava tells me the roundtrip was around 4.6 miles, the furthest I’ve gotten to walk for a while. (But I’ll hope to go much further soon.) One treat was seeing rooreh (miner’s lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata) in…