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Monthly Archives: March 2017

Griffith Park: Losing My Serenity and Regaining It

March 31, 2017by concretechaparral 2 Comments

Though I and my fellow hikers still had our to-do lists and times to keep, there was an invitation to just be.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Native Plants, Urban Parks

Milkweed and Unending Faith II

March 26, 2017by concretechaparral 1 Comment

Gardeners are a strange lot. We’re control freaks recreating the Garden of Eden.

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Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

Skeeters! Gollywhoppers! Crane Flies!

March 21, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Every spring I saw bugs looking like giant mosquitoes, mistaken as real mosquitoes by many.

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Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Uncategorized

Looking for Gray Whales

March 19, 2017by concretechaparral 1 Comment

Quickly off-shore we are no more than visitors

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Habitat & Wildlife, Ocean

Up in Kenneth Hahn Park (Week of 3/5/17)

March 14, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

The next wave of flowers are bursting forth

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Native Plants, Urban Parks

DOGS!

March 11, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

For fast and efficient destruction of a garden nothing beats a dog

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Garden, Pets

‘Western Cities Try to Cut Light Pollution’

March 10, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

Article from High Country News

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Why Natives? Part I

March 3, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

But who wants bugs in their yard!? Well, birds…

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Garden, Native Plants

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Black-eyed Susans enjoying a Colorado summer.
Toyon bonanza‼️
Last month in Colorado - bighorn sheep walking along US Hwy 34.
While my two big sages duke it out for dominance, the hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) just keeps blooming.
Battle of the Sages! White Sage (Salvia apiana) vs ‘Allen Chickering’ Sage (S. clevelandii x leucophylla). The white sage has got the height but the Chickering the mass. In terms of flowers it’s a tie at 3.4 gazillion each.
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