Pages Tagged “trees”
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- Microforests
Interesting read on building “microforests”: If you don’t have enough room for actual rewilding, plant a small plot of multilevel native plants and trees in a park, school yard, or even your own back yard — especially in urban areas. Anywhere you can fit an oak (or equivalent), some shorter trees, some bushes and some […]
- Despite everything else going on, it *is* still spring
Most people are stuck at home except for short trips (like this walk), but the hawthorns are still blooming.
- Tenacious Tree
I finally stopped to take a photo of this tenacious palm tree. I’m not sure whether it was planted or if it just took root next to the support pillar back when the Green Line was new two decades ago. It’s clearly not actively maintained, judging by all the old dry fronds still attached, and […]
- Trees vs. Heat
Just walking around the neighborhood near work there’s a huge difference in temperature depending on: How many shade trees? (Palms don’t help) How much space between the sidewalk and buildings? (This affects both airflow and reflected sunlight.) Is that space paved or plants? Within the same block it can be… Comfortable along a stretch with […]
- Tree Blood
I’ve described sap as “tree blood” before, but this seems a little too apt. There are a bunch of tipuana trees mixed in with the jacarandas and palms around the area where I work. (One fewer now.) They look a lot like jacarandas with yellow flowers instead of purple, though the leaves are a little […]
- Halo and Hawthorn
I think the tree is an Indian Hawthorn. It’s got the same leaves, bark and flowers as the bushes that are all over the place in this area, and Wikipedia says they can be pruned into trees.
- Fallen Tree
A tree in a city park, knocked down during a heavy storm. What struck me most about the view from this side was the patch of sod hanging off of the exposed roots. You can see where the first tree knocked over another tree. Yes, one tree fell on another and knocked it down too. […]
- Backlit Tree in Fog (Photo)
A spooky backlit tree in fog. One of those rare instances when Kelvin makes a photo better.
- Beware Mountain Lion (Peters Canyon Hike)
A couple of weeks ago I just had to get out of the house for an afternoon and found myself at the entrance to Peters Canyon Park. The last time I’d been there, the park was closed due to recent rains. This time, it was open. Several trails run from the entrance around the edge […]
- Reach for the Sky
Spotted in Old Town San Diego.
- Tree Trimming
I spotted workers trimming the palm trees at lunch today. In Irvine, that involves a bucket crane and a chainsaw, with a couple of guys on the ground to pick up the fallen fronds and pile them off to the side. This contrasted heavily in my mind with the tree trimmers I saw in Hawaii, […]
- Fallen Trees and Tumbleweeds
Despite what you might believe, tumbleweeds are actually quite common in suburban Southern California. They often grow by the side of the freeway, occasionally getting picked up by the wind and bouncing across cars. Never is this more noticeable than during the Santa Ana winds, which seasonally sweep out from the desert to the coast, […]