Month: May 2012

Remove Scotch Broom!

FacebookTwitteremailShare… Scotch Broom Removal Last chance to remove entire root and plant on your property and neighborhood before the flowers go to seed! Every spring, the yellow flowers of invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius, pea family) line local roadways. Although pretty when in bloom, each plant can produce up to 40,000 seeds that can survive in the ground […]

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Eat Garden Weeds & Redbud Flowers!

FacebookTwitteremailShare…May 21-30 21 Led walk through Sacramento Cemetery; Tasted Wild Grape Jam, Miner’s Lettuce, Manzanita Cider 22 Pulled young mallow greens from the garden while weeding. The young greens are good in salad and the older greens can be steamed like spinach. 23 I tasted Mock Orange leaves today, reportedly good as a salad. I […]

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