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Tapioca Slime Mold
What is tapioca slime mold? No, it is not one of our new recipes! Looking around the garden just a bit after 7 am in the morning, there was this white blob sitting on the mulch under the fig tree. First thought is maybe it is an unusual type of mushroom. However the surface texture…
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Miner’s Lettuce: On the Wild Side
Harvesting Miner’s Lettuce After our good rains in January we have lots of Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) popping up around the garden, even in our vegetable beds. It is a native plant in Western North America ranging from Southern Alaska and Canada all the way to Central America. The name comes from the California gold…

