- Oh baby Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’ A shade plant! – March 30, 2010
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Lake Balboa Cherry Trees Bloom 2010
I only had a few minutes to drive through the park, but here are 3 photos of this year’s Japanese Cherry Tree bloom at Lake Balboa [Map]. This park is in the Sepulveda Basin, near the corner of Balboa and Victory. Each Spring the cherry trees explode with color for just a few weeks.
I Like This – March 18, 2010
- Urban Beekeeping 101 – May 24, 2010
- California Gardens – Dry Shade Plant Lists – March 14, 2010
- California native flowers for full shade – March 14, 2010
Bees are swarming and being captured all over Los Angeles (with video)
A recent blog post at the BackWards Beekeeping site included some photos and this video about capturing a recent swarm.
Event: Urban Beekeeping 101 – June 5, 2010
- Image via Wikipedia
Seen on the Backwards Beekeepers site…
Urban Beekeeping 101
Hosted by sustainablesilverlake.org
at the Silver Lake Library
Saturday June 5, 2010 @ 11AMTalk with Q&A by Kirk Anderson and Leonardo Chalupowicz
Kirk Anderson, a local master beekeeper, and Leonardo Chalupowicz, a local green architect and amateur beekeeper, will outline a brief history of bees and beekeeping and the fundamentals of beekeeping in an urban setting. They will explore the basic equipment and techniques, how to do it the bee’s way versus the commercial way, and colony collapse disorder.
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Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day for March 2010
Here are a few things blooming in my garden today.
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(From Top to bottom, L-R: Cyclamen, Azalea, Azalea, Azalea, Lantana, Azalea)
I Like This – March 11, 2010
Interested in a gardening/nature/outdoors unconference?
My past experiences with unconferences like BarCampLA, PodCampAZ and my own CareerCampLA started me thinking about some sort of gardening/nature/outdoors unconfererence here in the Los Angeles area (or elsewhere). I am totally sold on the concept of unconferences and their ability to facilitate sharing the knowledge we all have with each other and the world.
For a gardening unconference, I could see presentations by attendees on their own special and specific interests like roses, vegetables, sub-irrigated planters, and a host of other topics. For a nature or outdoor conference, I would be interested in bringing in interested individuals as well as groups dedicated to endangered species, habitat preservation, hiking and more.
Any interest in an unconference like this here in the Los Angeles area? Leave your questions and comments on this blog post using the Comments like above or below this post.