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What a lucky bunch of gardeners we are! Fifteen of the San Luis Obispo Master Gardeners were taken by van to “Camp Hill”, hilltop home of Hearst Castle and guest houses. The intent of the tour was to show us progress of the renovation of the two original greenhouses used by Hearst employees. The Lord [...] Pathos is an "Easy to Grow" Air Cleaner Now, we gardeners all know that plants breathe. They absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen through tiny holes on the underside of leaves. But do they actually clean the air? Are they really “botanically vacuum cleaners”? I wrote in my column “A Gardener’s Notebook” in the [...] The Cambria Garden Club was lucky to have Shana McCormick, a licensed landscaper here in Cambria, speak to us about how to simplify our landscape. Most of us are of an age that we would like to make gardening easier. I love flowering plants but deadheading is a huge chore and eventually I’d like to [...] I haven’t begun planting seeds this year. I’ve weeded and created drainage ditches for runoff. I’ve also been playing with, training, and walking those two sweet labradoodles that we acquired in the fall. In general, I’ve enjoyed the wet December, the warm January, and the cold February. But I haven’t been gardening! Pretty in [...] |
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