To the Coyote Brush that Didn’t Make It
Coyote brush is a tough, scrappy survivor, often overlooked and under appreciated.
Category Archives: Insects
To Wonder View and Beyond!
Besides city views and apex predators, there is also show biz!
Checking In with the Yard
So far all the plants have survived with the exception of the island morning glory dug up by my co-gardener, Rocky the dog. Even the native grasses he ate grew back fine.
Ballona Freshwater Marsh
Not far from the L.A. coastline, at the corner of Lincoln and Jefferson is a small marsh.
The Battle of the Earwigs
We native gardeners are a noble bunch, but we do have a dark side…
Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa
Starting east of Oxnard and encompassing the Santa Monica Mountains from the Malibu coast to the 101 freeway is the Santa Monica National Recreation Area.
Milkweed and Unending Faith II
Gardeners are a strange lot. We’re control freaks recreating the Garden of Eden.
Skeeters! Gollywhoppers! Crane Flies!
Every spring I saw bugs looking like giant mosquitoes, mistaken as real mosquitoes by many.
Up in Kenneth Hahn Park (Week of 3/5/17)
The next wave of flowers are bursting forth
‘Western Monarch Butterflies are Still in Trouble’
From 89.3 KPCC
Concrete Chaparral 