by Steve | Feb 9, 2020 | Brassica tournefortii
In Utah, just near the South trips to Zion National Park. Found on Hwy 9 in La Vertin uphill from N100E, across from La Quinta Inn and Suites. I’ve brought some back to Palm Springs but have been unable to establish it in my test patch. Water molds are specific...
by Steve | Feb 8, 2020 | Brassica tournefortii, Invasives, Plants
SO LUCKY! So the plants I found with the water mold infection and collected in Utah also had aphids on some of them. It’s possible, I brought these aphids with me. they are busy keeping my test patch from going to seed. Now even larger robust plants which had no...
by Steve | Jun 12, 2019 | Brassica tournefortii, Invasives, Obsession Projects, Plants
Arches MAY 16, 2019 Arches National Monument. I also saw it sweeping over a horse pastures in Moab on the way to the entrance. There are some plants but not huge numbers. I saw it only near roads and parking lots. Which is typical, larger plants dry into tumble weeds...
by Steve | Nov 21, 2013 | Foody, Graphics, Obsession Projects, Plants
My dad’s property has Mexican elderberries going on it (Sambucus mexicana or nigra or canadensis – the name seems unsettled). They are native to California and actually I find them beautiful. Elderberries decrease length of flu infections by 65% This is an...
by Steve | Nov 12, 2013 | Plants, Uncategorized
12 YEARS AGO I planted a branch of Aloe barber – the tree aloe from University of Riverside’s Botanic Garden at my parent’s house. It was happy. Now it’s a gigantic magnificent flowering specimen. The San Gabriel River bed is a white granite...
