Bucketting
How to make bucketting a habit as part of your overall water savings.
Water for the birds
As we enter this dry, dry summer, humans aren't the only ones short of water. In my Backyard Wildlife Habitat, my bird, butterfly, lizard, and insect friends need water too.
Re-member
poem: do you smell the winds
Drought-tolerant container gardening
Here's what I am doing for the flowerpot / container section of my garden
How to vote if you care about the environment
the next month and a half is a critical turning point for the political nature of Los Angeles. Many, many offices are up for grabs. What Can We Do about it? VOTE. Here's how ...
Multi-year drought, megadrought or Aridification
"Drought" is a really lightweight term for what we're experiencing. We should really be using far stronger terms. A multi-year drought? A megadrought? Aridification?
Thought for the day
"To some of us, much of the time, it feels exceedingly unlikely that humans will survive this -- yet it's a simple fact that if we respond robustly, we can survive this."
Poetry as activism
"Call it off before the divorce is final," a poem by J. Maak
Bermuda grass removal (infographic)
fun infographic showing how to get rid of Bermuda grass
Hydrophobic: What to do when your soil is too dry
You pour water on your garden soil but it rolls right off the surface. It won't soak in! Here's what to do.
