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- Jul 2, 2016
Update on the Community Garden Plot
We have a small plot at Candlestick Point State Park in the community garden there... In early May I put up a photo of the garden shortly...
- Jun 16, 2016
Lavender - poor choice for Eastern San Francisco
MBLC offers consulting services for evaluation of landscape design plans - a very useful tool if you've got a planting plan that's...
- May 2, 2016
Raising Food in San Francisco
They say in 100 years much of the real estate in San Francisco that is currently dedicated to automobiles will be dedicated to growing...
- Apr 8, 2016
Congratulations, Mercy Housing!
http://sf.curbed.com/2016/4/7/11386930/american-institute-architects-award-mission-bay
- Mar 18, 2016
What's a Bioswale, and why should we care?
Short definition: landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water. They consist of a swaled drainage...
- Mar 8, 2016
Great news on the Reservoirs
http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_29607725/california-drought-storms-send-billions-gallons-water-into
- Mar 1, 2016
Positive signs from the EPA
Thousands of pesticides have "conditional" approval - here's one that may lose that designation and get taken off the market. This is a...
- Feb 29, 2016
California’s drive to save water is killing trees, hurting utilities and raising taxes
Click "Read More" below for the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/californias-drive-to-save-water-is-killing-...
- Feb 4, 2016
How to care for Flax (Phormium)
Flax (Phormium tenax) is a very popular landscape plant right now - ranging in size from 7' to 12", it's strong vertical lines add great...
- Feb 4, 2016
Musings on Super Bowl 50
First time I lived through a major sporting event in a major American city was the 1984 LA Olympics. The hype was extraordinary, and the...