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Blooms with a History: FILOLI

Spring is the highlight of beautiful blooms around the Bay Area. It seems this year has more color and fragrant offerings than the recent few...
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Black Gold!

Black Gold!As the years go by in my garden, and in the gardens of many clients, I find the need to sample the soils and make some adjustments....
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In a Garden, Time never stands still

Time management is part of our lives. And so we find ourselves having to “schedule in” nature. Since our dear friend, Mother Nature,...
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Be a Citizen Scientist: Join the Great Sunflower Project Sat. July 16

Do you have 15 minutes to spare? If so, you can be a citizen scientist. Over the past few years, citizen scientists -- ordinary people who help...
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Edible landscaping tour

Once a year, the Palo Alto gardening non-profit Common Ground holds its tour of local gardens where residents have planted fruits and vegetables....
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EAT NOW: Fava Bean and Pea Plants

This extra-long spring has got my garden, and farms too, doing unusual things. Usually my fava beans are almost done putting out beans and I have...
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Environmentally friendly ways to improve health

  • environmentally friendly ways to improve health
  • March 28, 2011
Simultaneously improving your health and the planet's: what could be better?!At the grocery storeBuy mostly fresh, unprocessed foods at the...
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A fruitful day at Garden for the Environment

It may still technically be winter, but the weather has been warm and that means the plants may have been fooled into thinking spring is near. With...
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Learn to make compost at GFE

  • make compost
  • January 25, 2011
Wintertime in the garden can be a little dull. It's usually cold, often rainy, and nothing much grows without a whole lot of extra assistance...
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Sunset Celebration Weekend June 5-6

Sunset Celebration Weekend, one of the best San Francisco garden and food events, is happening June 5-6 with garden gurus and wine seminars. It'...
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