Tag: Quercus morehus

Sitting…looking up at oaks

The Oaks of the Sierra foothills “I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again ‘I know that that’s a tree’, pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: ‘This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.” — Ludwig…

Favorite posts

Here are some of the favorite posts of the last few months. It’s interesting to see what people like and what their search terms are. 

 
 

Native plants of Lewis and Clark found in the Sierra Foothills            350
Using broken pots in garden                                                                      162
Sierra Nevada Webcams                                                                            154…

Discovering and identifying the Oracle Oak

Discovering new natives I have always loved the names of plants. I don’t know why, but I must know what a plant name is and then look up all the information I can find on it. This property of ours, in the Central California foothills has given me lots of plants to identify and apparently, after ten years here there…