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
All over town here in San Diego you see the black mustard plant, Brassica nigra, now approaching the end of its blooming period. The undulating yellow mounds of it doing its thing are a spectacular sight, so much so that… Read More »wild and out of control
After my last post I did more research on controlling English ivy. Beyond the commonly-quoted advice to spray with herbicides, or to attempt the mechanical removal that is occupying me these days, I saw an interesting idea for a new… Read More »scorched earth gardening
In my more active anti-nuke activist days one of the more compelling arguments against nuclear power was that some of its byproducts were so long-lived that they would remain lethal for longer than human civilization has existed. Plutonium-239, for example,… Read More »vegetable plutonium
Lots of times I’m glad to be living in Southern California where winters are mild and things hardly ever freeze. Today’s one of those amazing winter days: brilliantly sunny, warm–and it’s the middle of February. But there are down-sides. Thousands… Read More »weeds weeds weeds