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Bug Cacophony

03-24-2011 15

Yesterday in the early evening, I drove down to my farm to unload some flats of tomatoes and lavender I bought from the...

Botanical climbers

03-15-2011 20

I’m not talking about the always effusive ‘Altissimo’ climbing rose or an over zealous Jasmine vine. I’m talking about social climbing in the...

Another literary accomplishment…

03-14-2011 9

Yep. Monday. Just another day designing gardens, planting in the mud, and becoming even more famous yet again in this month’s People Style...

If plant recognition exists, can plants have an orgy?

02-24-2011 12

Ongoing studies suggest (notice I say, suggest) that plants not only recognize their kin (their own species, not including a different cultivar) but...

Natural Aphrodisiacs

02-14-2011 14

*To the poor, poor souls who hate Valentine’s Day… find another blog post to read. But if you love Valentine’s...

The Hook Up

02-11-2011 10

This beauty is a Gunnera that Rob (the famous Pitch Plant guy) gave me. Wait. Let me begin, from the beginning… Rob had...

Emergence

02-07-2011 6

I understand it’s cold and snowing elsewhere in the world. But here, in Half Moon Bay, CA – it’s almost 70 degrees. In...

Color Army

01-22-2011 8

Right now, at HMB Nursery, there is a myriad of 4″ annuals. We are finally coming out of the age of red...

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