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Far Out Flora – La Playa Park Garden Getting Good
The plants are rocking in Surferburbia. We’ve been feeling the excitement building around one of the coolest community gardens along Ocean Beach: La Playa Park. What, where’s that, you ask? It’s where...
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Far Out Flora – Summer Veggies Out, Fall Veggies In
We’ve been gardening like crazy, people. I still can’t believe how many warm, sunny days we’ve been having out here along Ocean Beach. Taking advantage of it, we cleared out a ton of junky plants,...
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Far Out Flora – Brugmansia a Blooming
We’ve got Brugmansia on the brain. If you want showy flowers in your garden that seem to bloom forever, you gotta find yourself a Brugmansia. This yellow-flowering guy is called Brugmansia “Charles...
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Far Out Flora – Catching Rain
Man, we forget how much it can rain out here along Ocean Beach. The good news is that we’ve been catching a bunch of rainwater to subsidize our need for distilled water, and we’ll show you how to make...
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Far Out Flora – Ceanothus Calling in New Year
2011 is just around the corner. Funny how holidays trigger the need to start looking for specific flowers. We’re just starting to catch the first blooms of the Ceanothus, and there’s a ton of small...
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Far Out Flora – Planting Poppies
Poppy season is just around the corner and there’s still plenty of time to get them going in your garden. Maybe we’re still on a sentimental holiday high, but we’re skipping over the ton of varieties...
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Far Out Flora – Bees love rosemary
Hey Ocean Beach peeps, how’s it going? The gorgeous winter sun is finally waking up one of our favorite herbs to grow: rosemary. Why is this plant so cool for the OB? It thrives in our Mediterranean...
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Far Out Flora – Craving Cerinthe
Ocean Beach out there, how’s it going? We were taking the long way home down Judah recently, and popped into the Other Avenues Food Co-op to grab some veggies. I can’t say that we buy all of our food...
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Far Out Flora – Giant honey bush
Some plants are known for their flowers, and some are known for their foliage. This one has both. Let us introduce you to Melianthus major, aka giant honey bush. As the name suggests, this guy gets...
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Far Out Flora – Gardens in Ocean Beach
Editor’s Note: I’m sorry to report that this is the final installment of the Far Out Flora column in the Ocean Beach Bulletin. Matti and Megan have been with us since we launched the Bulletin’s website...
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