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Green Thumb Sunday: North Oakland Rose
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Green Thumb Sunday: Wedding flowers
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Water: It’s a good thing
My very first California tomato blossom did not, indeed, yield a tomato. Instead, it fell victim to whatever was causing the yellowing of the plant. It browned. It shriveled. It most certainly did not transition to a fruit. This, which in my world constitutes an emergency, spurred my research into what might be killing all [...]
Are we there yet?
After I planted the seedlings, the waiting game began. I watered, I pruned suckers out of the junctures between branches, and I watched for any sign of blossoms. “When will we have tomatoes?” Fatemeh asked. “Probably 45 days or so,” I said, as if I was any kind of authority on the matter, and, indeed, [...]
Green Thumb Sunday: Marin County wildflower
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Green Thumb Sunday: Lavender bee
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Green Thumb Sunday: Pretty in pink
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Sweet peas like your grandmother used to grow
This week has been gloomy and decidedly un-spring-like in Oakland. Though I caught a glimpse of the first glimmers of sunrise while walking the dogs this morning, soon after, the clouds enveloped the pink light and everything turned heavy again. But on the way up to my office, I ran into one of my coworkers [...]
Green Thumb Sunday: Suessical poppy
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