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CA Poppies: How to Harvest Seeds & Extend the Bloom

Published on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by weedingwildsuburbia

People often ask me how I manage my California poppies. This is what I do to extend the bloom period and collect seeds for next year. Poppies emerge in early […]

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What to do with green waste in the garden

Published on October 4, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to use your garden green waste sustainably without power machines or sending it to the landfill. And for everyone’s health: NO BLOWERS!

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Summer Water

Published on August 26, 2020March 14, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Note: This article was first published in July 2011. Since that time our summers seem to have gotten hotter, with some record-breaking highs. I am writing another article on summer […]

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3 Garden Pests – Thrips, Scales, Ants

Published on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to keep your native plants healthy without resorting to toxic chemicals. Control garden pests, ants, thrips and scales.

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How to Prune CA Buckwheat

Published on January 9, 2019January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

How to prune CA buckwheat

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Pruning (continued)

Published on October 17, 2017January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

The last two posts – Garden Gloves, and Pruning Gooseberries – segue into today’s piece perfectly. Since we returned from the Pacific Northwest I have been cutting back the humongous […]

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Pruning Gooseberries

Published on September 29, 2017January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

The following is a video of me pruning a fuchsia-flowering gooseberry (Ribes speciosum). I certainly hope it is helpful because it is definitely embarrassing! It is my hope that with […]

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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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Garden care while you travel (Part 1)

Published on June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 by weedingwildsuburbia

One of the reasons that I wanted to change my traditional landscape to one with native plants was the hope that a natural garden would require less water and maintenance, […]

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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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