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Category Archives: Insects

To the Coyote Brush that Didn’t Make It

October 28, 2018by concretechaparral 3 Comments

Coyote brush is a tough, scrappy survivor, often overlooked and under appreciated.

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Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

To Wonder View and Beyond!

June 20, 2018by concretechaparral 7 Comments

Besides city views and apex predators, there is also show biz!

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Landmarks, Mammals, Native Plants, Pets, Urban Parks
It's blue-purple flowers reveal blue-eyed grass to actually be of the iris family and not a grass.

Checking In with the Yard

May 19, 2018by concretechaparral 3 Comments

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.

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Birds, Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

Ballona Freshwater Marsh

April 10, 2018by concretechaparral 7 Comments

Not far from the L.A. coastline, at the corner of Lincoln and Jefferson is a small marsh.

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Native Plants

The Battle of the Earwigs

May 6, 2017by concretechaparral 2 Comments

We native gardeners are a noble bunch, but we do have a dark side…

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Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa

April 9, 2017by concretechaparral 3 Comments

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.

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

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

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

‘Western Monarch Butterflies are Still in Trouble’

February 12, 2017by concretechaparral Leave a comment

From 89.3 KPCC

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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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