Category Archives: MB Maher

Three-Quarters Full

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Denise

Day job intrudes on blogging, which is good (half full) in the sense the economy must be picking up if I’m busier, but which is also not so good (half empty) since I can’t grab a few minutes to blog … Continue reading →

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Miracle on 28th Street

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Denise

A minor miracle, just an urban meadow. This is a large medical complex that has been undergoing lots of construction and expansion of new hospital wings. The meadow, although just adjacent to the entrance, is slightly below grade and ringed … Continue reading →

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Winter Storms

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Denise

The long-awaited winter storms did arrive with a vengeance, drumming rain deep into the soil. Don’t you want a subterranean view of a cross section of the earth moistening sequentially into ever richer chocolate layers as the rain percolates down … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Denise

This is about as basic as it gets, squirting water out of a garden hose. Very inefficient and ineffective, yet I grab a hose practically every day, however briefly, to at least water the pots and new plantings. And as … Continue reading →

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Alien Gomphrena

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Denise

This horticultural enigma, resembling in this photo by MB Maher a wayward swarm of magenta bees, may be a native Texan gomphrena. Brought home to my zone 10 garden from a local nursery tagged as a species gomphrena, I first … Continue reading →

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Horticultural Mash Notes from the Middle of the World

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Denise

Zone 10, 32 degrees latitude, to be exact. Have been reading this fall many blogs of brave gardeners in cold climes putting a cheerful face on the impending winter, asserting that gardens and gardeners need a rest anyway. This may … Continue reading →

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Moreton Bay Fig

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Denise

Original banner to the blog, Ficus macrophylla, a tree with gravitas to spare, planted in the 1880s at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California. Oh, to have the land to accommodate such a giant! (Oh, to have a rancho…and a … Continue reading →

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