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Lifestyle: plant identification from field guide: common groundsel

By Jack Posted on April 12, 2016 Posted in botany, lifestyle, yard work Tagged with bract, common groundsel, plant identification from a field guide

‘Tis the season for yard work: let the identification of spontaneous plants continue. I don’t call plants that arrive in the yard, weeds. I call them “spontaneous plants,” since they grow here of their own decision. (Spontaneous plants is not …

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Out in the backyard: the tutor reflects

By Jack Posted on November 30, 2015 Posted in lifestyle, weather, yard work Tagged with backyard fire, burning Douglas fir cones, Douglas fir

The tutor comments on another Sunday afternoon out in the backyard. We’ve been in a cold snap lately, with temperatures dropping -5°C to -8°C since perhaps last Monday. This afternoon I thought I’d get outside, breathe some fresh air, work …

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Lifestyle: plant identification from field guide: common groundsel

Out in the backyard: the tutor reflects