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On August 21, 2009

Travels in virtual NoCal

Eating near the Asian Art Museum : Good Vietnamese options near Civic Center
250 things to do in San Francisco (pdf) : At what point to lists get so big as to be useless?
Using SF to rally opposition to stimulus spending : We’re a reliable target
San Francisco 1941 : A Flickr photo set
Pasquale Iannetti indicted : For selling fake Miró prints
Eater SF demotes Oliveto : From 3.5 to 2 stars

Our garden lies in what Sunset calls “one of Northern California’s finest horticultural climates.” We are located in an area of wet mild winters and dry mild summers — a Mediterranean climate zone. It’s a region with unique challenges and opportunities. I love gardening here.

Approaches to gardening are strongly determined by scale. Our garden is a small family garden. Its core was formerly a swimming pool. Often we might be growing just a single plant in a container, or a handful of plants, where a larger-scale gardening operation might be planting long rows of crops. Over time we have adjusted to find the right balance for our home garden.

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San Francisco Presidio in 1887