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Seed Library of LA – Altadena: Gardening to Help Save the Monarch

Published on February 26, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Gardening to Help Save the Monarch. Barbara Eisenstein, author of Learning to Garden with Native Plants, shares secrets of how to attract monarch butterflies into your garden, and how this […]

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Webinar: Saving Birds & Pollinators: Plant it & they will come!

Published on February 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Have you read about declining bird & pollinator populations? Learn how you can help in a free class on habitat gardening with native plants.

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After the flowers

Published on May 18, 2018 by weedingwildsuburbia

Wildflower season is “past peak” and I’d like to remind you that the glorious, youthful, bright flowers now enter the very important stage of making and dispersing seed. Though my […]

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Wildflower season is over

Published on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

The wildflower season is over. Annuals appeared, plants bloomed, flowers went to seed, seeds were collected, and beds were cleaned up. This year, though, was my slowest yet with regard […]

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Veggie garden speed post

Published on March 30, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Wanted to post these pictures real quick-like. I finally got around to starting the tomato seeds that I bought from Tomato Growers Supply Company. I bought: Better Boy, Bush Early […]

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Can you feel the heat?

Published on May 13, 2014March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

All of a sudden it got really hot here. And more heat is predicted for tomorrow, the next day and the next day and the next day. Welcome to summer. […]

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I am a lazy gardener

Published on February 10, 2011March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

It has been hard to post because I have not been doing a lot of gardening. Of course this is part of my plan, my New Year’s resolution, my goal […]

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GB not BD

Published on August 16, 2010March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

Correction: Sorry but it is Carol of May Dreams Gardens who sponsors the monthly GBBD. I’ve corrected it below. Once again, thanks go to Carol! It’s the middle of the […]

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Cutting back poppies and harvesting seed

Published on May 19, 2010March 27, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

I received an email requesting more info on how to cut back California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) so that they bloom again. This is what my poppies do through the bloom […]

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SLUGS!

Published on April 22, 2010March 24, 2015 by weedingwildsuburbia

All of the sunflower seeds that I planted around the yard have mysteriously disappeared. Seeing birds around I accused them of eating seeds and sprouts. And maybe they did, but […]

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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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