Las Pilitas Blog

What's happenen?

bert — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:16:09 -0000

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

Wildland Photos

bert — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:29 -0000

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

Your Native Garden Photos

bert — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:22:15 -0000

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.

Smoke

bert — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:28:33 -0000

Smoke signals.

What to look for when you buy a native plant.

bert — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:07:05 -0000

Here is a simple guide to buying California native plants.

Phone calls

bert — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:07:31 -0000

Telemarketer calls are driving us crazy!

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus

bert — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:16:03 -0000

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus

Things happening

bert — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:33:01 -0000

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

Light Snow

bert — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:55:10 -0000

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.

Drought tolerant, low growing and is fire retardant?

bert — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:50:39 -0000

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.

Symbolism

bert — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:07:12 -0000

So much symbolism.

Penny's native plant picks for Los Angeles

penny — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:31:13 -0000

e-book

bert — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:13:37 -0000

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

Europeans like our plants.

bert — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:03:45 -0000

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.

Wind breaks

bert — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:55:40 -0000

A simple guide to windbreaks.

Boring would be good.

bert — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:47:35 -0000

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

25 native plants for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys

bert — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:10:11 -0000

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.

Winter Warriors

bert — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:07:08 -0000

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

Decorating with stump

bert — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:57:43 -0000

Decorating with stump.

What is a natural plant?

bert — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:13:38 -0000

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

What, What?

bert — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:16:12 -0000

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?

Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles.

bert — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:28:12 -0000

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.

Ten easy native plants for the Bay Area.

bert — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:41:34 -0000

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.

How do these dormant plants know it rained?

penny — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:53:51 -0000

Bird id.

bert — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:07:32 -0000

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

New Search Tool

bert — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:08:19 -0000

Our new search results.

Bertisms

bert — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:25:58 -0000

Here are some simple 'rules' of landscaping.

Out the Office window.

bert — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:24:46 -0000

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

Use of our content.

bert — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:24:40 -0000

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

Plant a little early this year.

bert — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:19:36 -0000

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

How we build our pages

bert — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:14:45 -0000

Here a glimpse of our page editor and how the website is built.
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.

Hong Kong Plants for California?

bert — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:12:33 -0000

Do you know your rainfall?

The Two Salvia 'Pozo Blue' that lived

penny — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:54:52 -0000

Pozo Blue sage is an awesome plant.

My Ribes is dead so I pulled it out!

penny — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:09:39 -0000

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

Chipmunk

bert — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:42:33 -0000

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.

Page Format

bert — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:08:18 -0000

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

Green Buckwheat

bert — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:54:51 -0000

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

More about movies and watering.

bert — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:28:45 -0000

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

Boring

bert — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:43:21 -0000

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

Mowing weeds

bert — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:19:52 -0000

mowing weeds with a push mower

Road Rage

bert — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:34:44 -0000

Road rage in other areas.

Some other things we do.

bert — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:58:25 -0000

delivering plants to Visalia

Western Fence lizard and Racer Snake

bert — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:10:43 -0000

Western Fence lizard and Racer Snake

Soda Labels

bert — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:21:26 -0000

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

Rufous or Allen

bert — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:25:12 -0000

Is it a Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird?

Problems behind scenes of the website.

bert — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:49:25 -0000

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

Our attempt at a blog.

bert — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:35:07 -0000

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

Las Pilitas Blog

What's happenen?

Wildland Photos

Your Native Garden Photos

Smoke

What to look for when you buy a native plant.

Phone calls

Yellow leaves on Ceanothus

Things happening

Light Snow

Drought tolerant, low growing and is fire retardant?

Symbolism

Penny's native plant picks for Los Angeles

e-book

Europeans like our plants.

Wind breaks

Boring would be good.

25 native plants for the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys

Winter Warriors

Decorating with stump

What is a natural plant?

What, What?

Twenty easy native plants for Los Angeles.

Ten easy native plants for the Bay Area.

How do these dormant plants know it rained?

Bird id.

New Search Tool

Bertisms

Out the Office window.

Use of our content.

Plant a little early this year.

How we build our pages

Hong Kong Plants for California?

The Two Salvia 'Pozo Blue' that lived

My Ribes is dead so I pulled it out!

Chipmunk

Page Format

More videos

Green Buckwheat

More about movies and watering.

Boring

Mowing weeds

Road Rage

Some other things we do.

Western Fence lizard and Racer Snake

Soda Labels

Rufous or Allen

Problems behind scenes of the website.

Our attempt at a blog.