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Another Change of Season

11/4/08 1:13pm by Claire Splan
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Today's the day when when we have the chance to change the season with no help at all from nature. The calendar may say it's autumn, but it feels more like the end of a long, dark winter. Be your own equinox. Please, vote.  Read more >

Editions & Impressions: A Review and a Giveaway

3/25/08 6:31pm by Claire Splan
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Should anyone have any doubts about what I nerd I can be, this next statement should pretty much wrap it up. I fantasize about building a top-drawer, world-class book collection. To someone who hasn’t caught the book-collecting bug, it’s hard to explain the why of it, so let’s just say it’s my fantasy and I’m sticking to it.  Read more >

Building Good Bones in the Garden

3/14/08 1:04pm by Claire Splan
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I’ve often heard of the need for a garden to have “good bones”--a strong basic structure on which everything else is built. But with each passing year I’m becoming more aware that we gardeners need to have good bones too. Lucky for us, strong, healthy bones can be a by-product of gardening itself.  Read more >

A Garden Book Giveaway

2/27/08 10:45am by Claire Splan
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With spring just around the corner you may find yourself thinking about this year's garden. If the weather's still too raw to venture outside, digging into a garden book is the next best thing. The Curious Gardener's Almanac is a compendium of both gardening advice and garden lore, and a cozy way to wile away those last winter days. For a review of the book and a chance to win a free copy, check out my blog post here  Read more >

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Full Name
Claire Splan
Member Since
May 2006
About Me: 

I'm an Alameda native with a deep appreciation for the joys of gardening in sandy soil and a Mediterranean climate. An Alameda Garden is where I share my gardening successes and frustrations (of which there are many), as well as news of gardening events and developments in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. E-mail me at CASplan@sbcglobal.net.

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