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This coyote pup is very sick with mange, likely due to eating something that was poisoned with rat poison or rodenticide. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop using rat poison! It works its way up the food chain. Whatever eats the poisoned animal gets very sick. Coyotes, owls, hawks, bobcats, ravens, cats and dogs. We need to share this space with these beautiful creatures. They’ll help control the rodents if we let them do their job without interfering and harming them as collateral damage.

This little guy is resting in the shade under a St. Catherine’s Lace Buckwheat. Will try to get him or her some help. Prayers for the pups. There are 2 of them. via .app

Winged creatures 3.
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Winged creatures 2.
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Winged creatures 1.
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I wish I knew more about insects and native bees… Is this a bee? Can anyone ID? It loves the Brittlebush, Encelia californica. But really, who doesn’t?
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Weeds will always find a way.
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One of the biggest agaves I have seen, in its last stage of life, about to bloom and then expire. It will take a while. When the flowers open, they’ll be covered in bees for a while. Circle of life.
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Very good, clear info about pruning.

Information on pruning overgrown plants.

In California, it is that time of year to prune our overgrown plants. We will discuss some of the goals and general principles of pruning. These are basic guidelines.

Our goals are to have adequate air flow throughout the plant, remove diseased or dead branches, and have good light penetrating the entire plant. How do I do that, you ask? Here are some suggestions:

Remove any branch that is rubbing against another. This can cause an open wound on the branch, which is an opportunity for disease to invade the plant.

Remove branches that are growing toward the center of the plant. Also, remove any branches that cross each other. Remember we want to provide both air circulation and light pe*******on.

Remove any dead or diseased branches. A dead branch will be brittle, its buds will be brown. While a live branch will be flexible, buds will be green and there will be a green layer under the bark.

Generally, remove 1/3 of the plants’ height or 1/3 of its branches.

Remove any suckers and or waterspouts. These 2 types of branches look similar, growing straight up. However, a sucker originates from the roots or below the graft. While the waterspout will be vigorous and originate from the trunk or large branches.

For those of you new to pruning, I hope this will give you a basic understanding of your task.

Here is some additional information:

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/water-sprouts-or-suckers-trees/
https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucmgplacer/files/339455.pdf

https://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/QRLabels/Pruning.html #:~:text=ALWAYS%20prune%20back%20to%20or,insect%20pests%2C%20and%2

Illustration credit: Don Wittig, former UME Master Gardener, https://extension.umd.edu/resource/pruning-trees-home-landscape/





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Ladybug 14 stories high, Santa Monica roof terrace.
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It’s Pearl Acacia season…but not for long.
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Love this color combination, spotted while out on a walk.
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Fruit fly quarantine zones! If you live in these areas, please be extra careful with your backyard fruit this winter. UC IPM is the source for all things plant and pest related.

Don’t move homegrown fruits & vegetables off your property Home, landscape, and structural pest news from the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program

Wildlife in LA, canine edition:
Watchful coyote on a foggy morning, camouflaged. (Highland Park)

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Wildlife in LA, insect edition:
bird p**p caterpillars (become swallowtail butterflies) and ladybugs - all going about their business on a citrus tree in the garden - mostly eating. (Highland Park)
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Wildlife in LA, avian edition:
some of our resident, non-native but naturalized, abundant and very noisy red crowned parrots (Eagle Rock)
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Fun to see the Descanso Garden labyrinth decked out for their holiday Enchanted show. We went this past weekend with visiting family. It was magical. Also very cold, by So Cal standards.

Such great news.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=710741130917859&id=100059459352979&mibextid=ncKXMA

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

So happy I got to do the with a couple of weeks ago. Thank you to Lauren Bon and team for your dedication and work investing in Los Angeles, the LA River and surrounding communities and habitat.
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Moonrise and geese over the LA river.

So happy I got to do the with a couple of weeks ago. Thank you to Lauren Bon and team for your dedication and work investing in Los Angeles, the LA River and surrounding communities and habitat.
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Farmlab

So happy I got to do the with a couple of weeks ago. Thank you to Lauren Bon and team for your dedication and work investing in Los Angeles, the LA River and surrounding communities and habitat.
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Mood: misty ocean view, Santa Monica
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Wow.

Opuntia. “Prickly Pear” cactus lives up to its name.
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Agave shadows
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Plant shopping, Carmel Valley.
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Check out a little love from the LA Times for the Descanso Gardens Rose Garden labyrinth. So proud of this project.
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Aeonium blooms remind me of fireworks exploding.

Sedona hike
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