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Desert candles burn bright for me

just love this plant...Caulanthus inflatus.

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Tsunami debris tracer movie

None will reach the Central Coast for a year or two; most will get caught in the garbage dump formed by...

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

VernView on this day in 2012

It won't always look like this--the figs will get big, the plum too, Annie's plants will grow, so will the...

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

State of the seedlings planted November 16, 2011

About 115 four-inch square pots, recycled from Annie's. The desert candles and barley are planted in the...

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

Backyard of Plum House

We can start the house painting here. We're thinking of adding window trim ourselves, painting it darker.

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

Painting Plum House

the mind boggles. We're thinking three tones of tan/brown. How about the bottom color a light brown, the...

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

Planning to paint our house, we drive around the Foothill area

We like this look.

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

Surprise Birthday party for Wanda Teehee

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

Erysimum menziesii var. concinnum

Curly wallflower. A very rare plant. Think this is from Theordore Payne Foundation. From Mendocino...

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

Grafts on the plum tree, seen from Vern's

This is going to be interesting, as spring progresses into summer seeing what happens to these grafts.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

Raised bed as temporary plant bench

Seedlings in 4-inch pots started in mid-November.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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Second jackrabbit on San Luis Mountain

I was sitting in a semi-hidden spot by Vern's shop. Good place to spot animals on SLM.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

Big jackrabbit on San Luis Mountain

In that first nanosecond it seemed big enough to be a coyote.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

Nine apples for espalier on Fort Apache and Stumplandia

A couple Golden Delicious, Jonalicious, Calville Blanc, King's Acre, Mutsu, the mind fades.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

How many grafts will make it?

18 kinds apricot and 22 kinds asian plum. All but three of the apricots are on plum cherry interstems. Three are on peach rootstock interstem.

Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012

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Timelapse: Grafting apricot and plum scions on the Old and Ancient Plum Tree

Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012

Grafting apricot and plum scions onto Ye Olde Plum Tree

Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012