Doing the Math for Lawn Watering
Note: the following was written prior to water rationing. It is impossible to water a lawn properly under water rationing regulations when, for example, it is illegal to water more than three days ...
Category Archives: Lawns
Proper Lawn Watering (impossible during water rationing)
How often should I water my lawn? No question is uttered with more fear and trembling than this. No other question begs for an answer that, in a few words, will keep a clear ecological conscience, mi...
White Carpet Myoporum and Indestructible Kikuyu
No doubt you have seen a “Baby on Board” sign in the rear window of a car at one time or another. This sign, it would appear, is meant to alert other drivers to the possibility of unpredictable behin...
Lawn Enhancers
Each spring, I marvel at the emergence of chrome yellow flowers on a large lawn just west of the 405 freeway; it’s at the corner of Mulholland Drive and Casiano Road. This lawn is taken over by...
Dog Friendly Lawns and Plants
This column is dedicated to my dog Sherman, who lived almost 13 years, until he just ran out of gas. Sherman was a black Labrador/border collie mix who had more energy than any dog I have ever seen, ...
Lawn Mushrooms
I am having problems with mushrooms coming up in my north-facing back lawn. There are two kinds: the “toadstool” type and a weird, flat-topped, yellow-tinted, irregular-shaped type. As I ...
When it comes to wildfires, lawns are good
In the wake of our recent fires, I received several e-mails inquiring about the availability of fire-retardant plants. Not too many years ago, a great deal was made of so-called fire-retardant plants...
Firescaping
If you live in the hills or canyons around Los Angeles, expect a fire every 20 to 30 years. Fires are not only inevitable, they are essential to the existence of our chaparral ecosystem. Many chaparr...
