Manny Farber, one of San Diego’s treasured local artists, had a new exhibition at Quint Contemporary Art in La Jolla (actually just a neighborhood of San Diego, but don’t tell that to the La Jollans). The title of the show… Read More »an artist in the garden: Manny Farber
When I’d heard years ago that a lotus seed from China had germinated after laying low for 1300 years I was pretty amazed. That was from seed collected in 1982 when Shen and Miller at UCLA sprouted a number of… Read More »long shelf life for seeds
The evidence! Okay, okay, I’ll admit it. Despite a certain resemblance to the classic “Martian popping thing” available at Archie McPhee’s, it’s actually the final two leaves on a Pachypodium geayi, a succulent and spiny first-cousin to the better known… Read More »space alien in san diego?
I mentioned coming back from vacation and almost immediately going after one of the tomato plants that had taken over its spot in the new ornamental bed. Just one week later and it seems like I’m continuing to relive scenes… Read More »attack of the killer tomatoes
In South Korea 200,000 golfers a day are discovering that they don’t need golf courses to play the game anymore. The New York Times site ran a video piece on how virtual-reality golf is taking the golf world by storm.… Read More »more about golf: virtual and in pictures
There were a number of spring flowers doing their thing at Yellowstone a couple weeks ago. I saw a patch of bright yellow and took this photo: Yes, dandelions. They were all over. I talked to a ranger nearby who… Read More »yellowstone "wild" flowers
So you think you have problems with uncooperative garden soil? Here’s a juniper trying to hold on to life at Mammoth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone:
In wildness is the preservation of the world. —Thoreau In a desert, golf is the utter ruin of the known universe. —Me This is the week of the U.S. Open golf tournament here in San Diego. Something like 42,500 spectator… Read More »teed off
Late on the night of Day 2 I roll into Idaho’s Craters of the Moon National Monument. Like Yellowstone it showcases some striking volcanic feature, in this case recent eruptions along the local rift zone in the Earth’s crust. Here… Read More »on the road–part 2
I guess it’s comforting that the blog doesn’t have a mind of its own and just write itself while I’m away on vacation… Well, I’m back from points north, including 8 days in Yellowstone. Here’s a quick look at the… Read More »on the road–part 1