Clippings

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Clippings #4- GENERATIONAL AWAKENING

  GENERATIONAL AMNESIA is the result of the “Sliding Baseline Syndrome” in which each generation can only relate to nature according to their own experience, even as she becomes increasingly degraded, and our direct contact with her becomes more distant and scarce. We come to

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Clippings #5- Choosing the Right Plants

  A garden puts living art on display. The parts that are alive are the plants, and choosing the right ones, combining them in a creative design, and planning for long-term success, make these choices, the combinations, and your plans an exciting (at times daunting)

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February 2026 CONNECT

FEBRUARY 2026-02 Volume 1, Number 2 Words and photos by Mike Evans ​ Intro It seems spring could already be hiding just around the corner, but we still have a pretty good potential for actual winter. We hope. So far, we have had no severe

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JANUARY 2026 CONNECT

  JANUARY 2026-01 Volume 1, Number 1 Words and photos by Mike Evans   Intro Welcome to Vol. 1, No 1, as we meet at the trailhead for CalNativeHort CONNECT, our new monthly newsletter for our new community. We’re in this together. I would love

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