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Heavy Gardening Parking Space
It seemed only too perfect that yesterday afternoon Kelsey and I pulled into a parking spot right next to our fave eatery outerlands at 45th and Judah and right there next to my open passenger door was...
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Roots and Riffs
How do you find people who love plants and heavy metal? It seems a stupid question – even asking it sort of implies the two are mutually exclusive (they’re not!). Phyte Club is a venue for people who...
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Bed, Bath, and the Garden Beyond
I walked around the two block-long town of Point Reyes Station the other day on a quest for a refreshing beer, fancy-ish food, and a new coastal, laid-back town to fantasize about living in for the...
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Little Green Lover
We were at the crossroads of the Mount Wittenberg and Bear Valley Trails at Point Reyes National Seashore. The tan meadow was scorching hot; I was hoping the Devil himself would appear and offer the...
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Espalier le Pommier, d’accord?
I'm on a plain, I can't complain bountiful, within easy reach Sometimes having the world in its full, voluptuous three-dimensions is a little much, too distracting, information overload. If you’re...
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Mendozza’s new album written in the woodsy B.C. doom and fueled by homegrown...
Bina, the kick-ass drummer of Mendozza, and I met in front of the merch table at the Uptown in Oakland about four years ago. She liked my High on Fire hoodie, so much so she owned one as well…and it...
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Cultivate Yourself (expires Dec. 1st)
I try not to write diaryesque, “what I did today” posts unless they involve hiking, shows, or both. However, Plant’It Earth is having its 17th anniversary sale, and thus, forgetting my 17% off coupon...
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I have a boner for Treebones
It was only too appropriate. Atop a rocky butte, in the glare of late afternoon and staring out into the Pacific, a gust of southern wind lifted my one and only Phyte Club trucker hat off my head and...
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Priapus Lives!
This should really be posted on Dirty Girl Gardening. But gotta say, I had no idea the millions of ceramic gnomes populating gardens throughout the world are associated with the lineage of Priapus...
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