It was a beautiful day at the nature park. There were lots of butterflies, plants are greening up, and the weeds are making a big come back. In fact, there […]
weeds
Late rains bring flowers and weeds
Although my own garden is not short on weeds – and being on the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour this Sunday, it really should be – I spent much […]
Why we weed in the park
The green arrow points to a sagebrush seedling, the progeny of native sagebrush that was planted in the nature park to re-create coastal sage scrub habitat. The rest of the […]
On the other side of the globe
As my attention turns from the New World to the very old world (India), I reluctantly shift my eyes from deergrass, monkeyflower, and coast live oak to the native plants […]
Nature Park Weeds, Part I
In preparation for my absence I have been putting together booklets with identification information for plants in the nature park. The first, Non-native Weeds in the South Pasadena Nature Park, […]
Summer in the nature park
This month, in response to a friendly request, I started going to the nature park on Wednesday mornings for park clean-ups. Since it has gotten hot, we meet at around […]