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My brown thumb.

August 3, 2009 by Lynn Bremner

Ocotillo and Red Bird of Paradise (has not bloomed yet)

Desert Living Series: From brown to green: A lesson in desert gardening. Some individuals are great gardeners. Either they were born with a green thumb or they’ve learned enough about gardening to be successful at it. My idea of gardening is digging a hole and planting a shrub or flower in it; then I just [...]

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My first Ocotillo

July 1, 2009 by Lynn Bremner

Desert Living Series My first Ocotillo My one-year anniversary of living in the desert is July 10th. Like many others who have bought foreclosures, I had some work to do on the house when I first moved in. The stove and microwave were trashed, the thermostat smashed off of the wall, broken light bulbs and [...]

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