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Elderberry Season

Published on July 8, 2019January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

To Eat or Not to Eat Before eating the blue elderberries that are ripening up right now, I decided to check to make sure they are safe. An online perusal […]

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Native plants in summer

Published on August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

People new to native plants often express concern about the dreaded dormancy period they are reputed to exhibit in summer. Many tell me that they like native plants but want […]

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Starting a new garden

Published on July 12, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

Starting a new garden is big. It fills me with enthusiasm, excitement, and joy. However, this act of optimism has another side. In a time when Facebook highlights only the […]

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Garden care while you travel (Part 2)

Published on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

The garden prep for our summer absence has been paying off. Yesterday my daughter took me on a virtual garden tour on Facetime. Things are looking good! The native sunflowers […]

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Winter vegetable garden

Published on March 21, 2016March 12, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

As a follow up to the post of 2/1/16, Front yard vegetable garden, check out the photos of my winter vegetable garden below  (January through today, March 21). The lettuce […]

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Front yard vegetable garden

Published on February 1, 2016January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Our front yard makeover began on the night of November 30-December 1 of 2011. The avocado tree in the front yard was “deconstructed” by winds that roared through our area in the wee hours […]

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Front yard plans

Published on October 18, 2015January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

As you may remember, we had to remove a diseased, old avocado tree in our front yard last year (RIP Avocado). Since the avocado was removed we have had some […]

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More drip irrigation

Published on August 6, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

A bit over a month ago I set up drip for the tomato plants. They have been doing great on 15 minutes of drip, every other day. There are two […]

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Irritation – Irrigation

Published on July 2, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Only one letter off and not sure which word is best for this post. Nevertheless, I got it done. Today I finally set up a drip irrigation system for my […]

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Tomatoes

Published on April 25, 2015April 27, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

I was so proud of the fact that this year I was going to start my tomato plants from seed. I ordered the seed from Tomato Growers Supply Company and I […]

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Author of Wild Suburbia - Learning to Garden with Native Plants, Barbara created and runs Friends of South Pasadena Nature Park. Each month with other volunteers, she weeds and cares for the park. She continues to garden with natives, give talks, and write. Grow native - let your garden go wild.

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