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LOS ANGELES IS NOT A DESERT
An Evening With Bats, Scorpions, and Cholla Cactus
An evening learning about our flying mammal neighbors in urban LA
amanda smith
Jul 152 min read
Normalize Summer Dormancy!
Summer dormancy can be confusing to some when the majority of the country thinks of summer as the "green time". Will just like a tons of...
amanda smith
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Throwing Shade... In The Garden
Actually I have no shade to throw... But did you know there are plants that can grown in almost full shade? I did not before starting my...
amanda smith
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Interview with Roger Gray: Master Gardner and California Naturalist
In Spring of 2021 I took a class to become a certified California Naturalist. The class I took, known as CalNat for short, is, "A...
amanda smith
Apr 23, 202210 min read
Small Flowers, Big City: Growing (Mostly) Native Plants In My Tiny Rented Patch Of Land
First was a vegetable garden, then just herbs and drought tolerant plants, then the shift to thinking maybe I could help out critters...
amanda smith
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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