http://www.laspilitas.com/feeds/blog.atom.xml2013-05-16T08:16:09ZCopyright 2011: Las Pilitas Nursery and the authors2013-05-16T08:16:09Z2013-05-16T08:16:09Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-05-16:/blog/post--53--what%2527s-happenen%253F

We're working on the site's internal structure. Trying to make it make some kind of sense.

2013-05-16T08:00:29Z2013-05-16T08:00:29Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-05-16:/blog/post--52--wildland-photos

Here 's where you can contribute your wildland photos. California only please as that's more than we can handle already.

2013-05-16T07:22:15Z2013-05-16T07:22:15Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-05-16:/blog/post--50--your-native-garden-photos

Your photos of your yard. You can contribute your photos of your yard to GardenTheory.com (a work in progress) or if you want to donate your photos of plants in your yard to this site to this site you can do it here. (You would be sharing the copyright with us if you post it here.) Others could comment on it if it was posted here and if they were good enough I could put them on the plant pages or garden pages to show others. I have no idea if any of you actually read this never mind what to show photos of your yard.

2013-05-04T19:28:33Z2013-05-04T19:28:33Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-05-04:/blog/post--49--smoke

Smoke signals.

2013-03-25T07:07:05Z2013-03-25T07:07:05Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-03-25:/blog/post--48--what-to-look-for-when-you-buy-a-native-plant.

Here is a simple guide to buying California native plants.

2013-03-20T20:07:31Z2013-03-20T20:07:31Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-03-20:/blog/post--47--phone-calls

Telemarketer calls are driving us crazy!

2013-03-19T19:16:03Z2013-03-19T19:16:03Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-03-19:/blog/post--46--yellow-leaves-on-ceanothus

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus

2013-03-11T08:33:01Z2013-03-11T08:33:01Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-03-11:/blog/post--45--things-happening

Ok, it's gotten busy but I've managed to generate a few things.

2013-02-20T10:55:10Z2013-02-20T10:55:10Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-02-20:/blog/post--44--light-snow

We had a very light snow and it doesn't look like it's going to break 40 degrees today even with bright sun light.

2013-02-17T08:50:39Z2013-02-17T08:50:39Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-02-17:/blog/post--43--drought-tolerant%252C-low-growing-and-is-fire-retardant%253F

We get questions like what is drought tolerant, low growing and is fire retardant? A little hard to answer as California and the west is so diverse. But here are four plants to consider.

2013-02-10T20:07:12Z2013-02-10T20:07:12Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-02-10:/blog/post--42--symbolism

So much symbolism.

2013-02-06T12:31:13Z2013-02-06T12:31:13Zpenny/authors/penny-nyunt.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-02-06:/blog/post--41--penny%2527s-native-plant-picks-for-los-angeles

2013-02-01T09:13:37Z2013-02-01T09:13:37Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-02-01:/blog/post--40--e-book

Ok, I've got most of the pages over into a format that should work on any device, including your phone.

2013-01-05T20:03:45Z2013-01-05T20:03:45Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2013-01-05:/blog/post--39--europeans-like-our-plants.

Why do Californians not appreciate what we have? We have all these cool plants and we plant absolute junk from the rest of the world.

2012-12-28T08:55:40Z2012-12-28T08:55:40Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-12-28:/blog/post--38--wind-breaks

A simple guide to windbreaks.

2012-12-19T20:47:35Z2012-12-19T20:47:35Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-12-19:/blog/post--37--boring-would-be-good.

It would be lovely if things wouldn't fall down or break around here.

2012-12-16T11:10:11Z2012-12-16T11:10:11Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-12-16:/blog/post--36--25-native-plants-for-the-san-joaquin-and-sacramento-valleys

Ok, here are 25 native plants for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys that probably will survive. I know they've made it in Bakersfield, Visailia, Fresno, and Sacramento.

2012-12-12T19:07:08Z2012-12-12T19:07:08Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-12-12:/blog/post--35--winter-warriors

Winter is one of the most active times in California, get out of your house and at least explore.

2012-12-12T18:57:43Z2012-12-12T18:57:43Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-12-12:/blog/post--34--decorating-with-stump

Decorating with stump.

2012-11-29T21:13:38Z2012-11-29T21:13:38Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-11-29:/blog/post--33--what-is-a-natural-plant%253F

What is a natural plant. Why do people search for natural plants? I'd love to know.

2012-11-20T07:16:12Z2012-11-20T07:16:12Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-11-20:/blog/post--32--what%252C-what%253F

How can we improve the site? With our limited resources and time, what simple things could we do to make the website a better experience?

2012-11-19T08:28:12Z2012-11-19T08:28:12Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-11-19:/blog/post--31--twenty-easy-native-plants-for-los-angeles.

Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles. It started out as ten, but there are so many fun ones that need little care as long as you take care to put them in shade or sun and water them the first summer.

2012-11-18T16:41:34Z2012-11-18T16:41:34Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-11-18:/blog/post--30--ten-easy-native-plants-for-the-bay-area.

Ten easy native plants for the Bay Area. From sun to shade, these plants need little or no care after first summer if you put them in the right spot.

2012-10-29T12:53:51Z2012-10-29T12:53:51Zpenny/authors/penny-nyunt.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-10-29:/blog/post--29--how-do-these-dormant-plants-know-it-rained%253F

2012-09-19T11:07:32Z2012-09-19T11:07:32Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-09-19:/blog/post--28--bird-id.

Does anyone know what this is? The fall birds are rather hard to figure out.

2012-09-14T20:08:19Z2012-09-14T20:08:19Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-09-14:/blog/post--27--new-search-tool

Our new search results.

2012-08-23T06:25:58Z2012-08-23T06:25:58Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-08-23:/blog/post--26--bertisms

Here are some simple 'rules' of landscaping.

2012-08-23T06:24:46Z2012-08-23T06:24:46Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-08-23:/blog/post--25--out-the-office-window.

Here are a few of the little critters out the office window.

2012-08-23T06:24:40Z2012-08-23T06:24:40Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-08-23:/blog/post--24--use-of-our-content.

Why we need you to link anything that you use from our site.

2012-08-16T06:19:36Z2012-08-16T06:19:36Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-08-16:/blog/post--23--plant-a-little-early-this-year.

Plant a little early this year if you wish to stay dry.

2012-08-15T07:14:45Z2012-08-15T07:14:45Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-08-15:/blog/post--22--how-we-build-our-pages

Here a glimpse of our page editor and how the website is built. <br>We are primarily a Linux operation and we use almost all open source code. We also contribute to the different code as (if) we figure things out.

2012-07-28T12:12:33Z2012-07-28T12:12:33Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-28:/blog/post--21--hong-kong-plants-for-california%253F

Do you know your rainfall?

2012-07-20T15:54:52Z2012-07-20T15:54:52Zpenny/authors/penny-nyunt.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-20:/blog/post--14--the-two-salvia-%2527pozo-blue%2527-that-lived

Pozo Blue sage is an awesome plant.

2012-07-20T12:09:39Z2012-07-20T12:09:39Zpenny/authors/penny-nyunt.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-20:/blog/post--20--my-ribes-is-dead-so-i-pulled-it-out%2521

Many chaparral species are shutting down right now. Their leaves start to shrivel and turn brown. This a normal part of their life cycle.

2012-07-12T08:42:33Z2012-07-12T08:42:33Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-12:/blog/post--17--chipmunk

Two days of spare time to figure our something that proved to be simple. A video of a chipmunk with a little voice dubbed over it. Edited in Avidemux, compressed in Handbrake.

2012-07-07T22:08:18Z2012-07-07T22:08:18Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-07:/blog/post--19--page-format

Do you like the format I put in the Sage page or the Buckwheat page?

2012-07-07T22:02:36Z2012-07-07T22:02:36Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-07-07:/blog/post--18--more-videos

Ok here's what we do for 'fun'. A short video of a road trip.

2012-06-26T07:54:51Z2012-06-26T07:54:51Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-06-26:/blog/post--16--green-buckwheat

It tough being green. Should we do anything with this green buckwheat?

2012-06-25T21:28:45Z2012-06-25T21:28:45Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-06-25:/blog/post--15--more-about-movies-and-watering.

This is really about watering. We have also added movies to the Ribes and Sage pages.

2012-05-11T21:43:21Z2012-05-11T21:43:21Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-05-11:/blog/post--13--boring

The month of stupid problems. June is usually a month where we slow done a little and we can fix stuff. Boring.

2012-05-06T21:19:52Z2012-05-06T21:19:52Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-05-06:/blog/post--12--mowing-weeds

mowing weeds with a push mower

2012-04-28T20:34:44Z2012-04-28T20:34:44Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-28:/blog/post--11--road-rage

Road rage in other areas.

2012-04-26T20:58:25Z2012-04-26T20:58:25Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-26:/blog/post--10--some-other-things-we-do.

delivering plants to Visalia

2012-04-23T07:10:43Z2012-04-23T07:10:43Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-23:/blog/post--9--western-fence-lizard-and-racer-snake

Western Fence lizard and Racer Snake

2012-04-22T21:21:26Z2012-04-22T21:21:26Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-22:/blog/post--8--soda-labels

Simple and cheap plant labels out of soda cans, or beer?

2012-04-16T21:25:12Z2012-04-16T21:25:12Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-16:/blog/post--7--rufous-or-allen

Is it a Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird?

2012-04-15T12:49:25Z2012-04-15T12:49:25Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-15:/blog/post--6--problems-behind-scenes-of-the-website.

One of the problems we've been working on behind the scenes for months.

2012-04-09T13:35:07Z2012-04-09T13:35:07Zbert/authors/bert-wilson.htmltag:www.laspilitas.com,2012-04-09:/blog/post--5--our-attempt-at-a-blog.

This is for the rants, technical stuff, musings and things we haven't figured out what to do with.