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Thursday, April 4, 2013

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Fritillaria glauca "goldilocks"

You all should have figured out by now that I put food on the table by either growing it, or on the occasion that I have to buy it, I pay for it with money I earned from planting native plants for the municipal capital city of Oregon. Its kinda refreshing when I get to play with native plants that aren't strictly Willamette valley riparian or wetlands species. So this little goldilocks comes from one of my favorite regions, southern Oregon. I spent a lot if time backpacking the kalmiopsis wilderness and siskiyou mts. The flora is really unique in that region .

The first real rain we've had in awhile came down pretty good today and now its blow in up a gale here in the hills. Fickle spring weather.

Cheers,
Mark
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  1. mark akimoffApril 4, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    Oops....that title is wrong, but I can't figure out how to edit a post on this stupid smart phone! Supposed to be goldilocks

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