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  • Gardening Background

  • Biographical Information
    It all started when I leaned I hated store bought tomatoes ... you know the rest of that story. I've gardened for over 45 years. My grandfather was a county agriculture agent and taught me to love and leverage plants. I'm a schizophrenic gardener with a insanely lush subtropical garden inspired by many trips to Kauai out back and in front is a combination California Native (inspired by my work at Lake Hodges Native Plant and family grove kind of arrangement that we graze from. So yeah, I mix metaphors.

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  • Occupation
    Rainmaker
  • Gardening Ability
    4 - Experienced
  • My 5 favorite plants are
    Sage, Chili Peppers, Cycads, Passion Flower, Citrus
  • What is a garden myth you hear frequently which you know is untrue?
    All that rot about the size of a planting hole.
  • And, what is the reality?
    With very few exceptions - plant the plant or tree is a hole the size of the pot...providing of course you have proper soil around it.
  • What is your favorite gardening outfit or costume?
    Crappy pants, old t-shirt, knee pads, iPod, a lifeguard hat and some old Crocs.
  • What is the one question about gardening you would really like people to ask you?
    Ask me about sustaining soil...
  • And what's the answer?
    If you understand how to provide the plant the soil it needs and wants the rest is easy...that's the short answer.
  • Who is your own favorite gardening personality on TV, radio or in print? Why?
    I'm kind of partial to Loren Nancarrow and Pat Welch.
  • Do you have a gardening philosophy you would like to share with other gardeners? What is it?
    Don't be in a rush. Live on the land and watch, at a minimum a full year of sun and shadows before you even think about planning or planting. Subscribe to all the SoCal Gardening Mags and not some toidy rags from 3,000 miles away. Destroy your magazines and make a scrapbook of everything you cut out that you like. Then above all, don;t worry about making mistakes ... go for it.
  • If you could grow only one plant, what would it be?
    Oranges
  • What plant have you tried to grow that has given you the most trouble? Or, what plant would you like to grow and can't, and why?
    Avocados plum evade me.
  • What is your favorite time in the garden?
    Sunset
  • What is your favorite color in the garden?
    Blue.
  • What is your favorite place or activity in the garden?
    Best thing - picking tomoatoes, herbs, berries and chiles and then eating them.
  • What is your favorite public or private garden in the world? Why?
    Well for my money I like Quail Gardens having seen it grow up.
  • What individual has influenced your gardening interest the most? How?
    Grandpa - the county agricultural agent back in Klamath falls Oregon - he started me on this path...
  • What do you dislike most about gardening?
    Well, I dislike disliking people that let their yards go to sh*t.
  • What do you like most about gardening?
    It renews me and charges me and I love eating and sharing what I grow.
  • Company/Organization
    Center for Leadership Studies
  • What is your Garden Test Score?
    21-27 Excellent

  • Education

  • Favorite Quote
    I do not label the plants in my garden preferring that instead, they name me.
  • Interests
    Landscaping and Gardening with emphasis on subtropicals, native CA, fruit and salsa gardens.