At our nursery in Ventura (Nopalito Native Plant Nursery), selling native plants to people can sometimes be AGONIZING!  Te lo juro,I swear, sometimes we get customers who want it all, and by ‘it all’ I mean a lush green plant with 49 months worth of flowers a year (do the math, that’s a lot of months) and [...]

I have to admit, I love the end of the Calendario Year, Christmas and New Years stuff everywhere, it’s kinda fun, kinda sad, kinda uncomfortable to see how different people handle the whole ‘Holiday’ thing …….Merry Christmas? Happy Navidad? Merry Solstice? – But I love the food, Tamales all warm and toasty, Hot Chocolate……wait, is [...]

Ok, this blog has nothing to do with racism, but it got you to pay attention, right? Actually, I’ve been thinking and tripping out a lot lately on water……Yes, of all the things to trip out on, my ridiculous mind has to settle on water!  Rain, oceans, the main ingredient in beer, water is awesome.  [...]