This week the Historic and Scenic Preservation Commission and the public will hear the deal the property owners have in mind for the future of the Crystal Springs Ranch and Water Company property bordered on the south by Sunset Drive and its signature scenic ridgelines and Panorama Point, on the east by East Outer Highway 10 and Gold Hill Grade, on the west by Wabash, and on the north by the I-10 freeway. The expansive 100 acres of rural, agricultural and scenic view shed property meet the requirements for the primarily scenic resource designation and are a prime example of the vanishing natural environment identified by the California Chaparral Institute as "California Shrubland Ecosystems," consisting of "a special plant community dominated by wood, drought-hardy shrubs, shaped by a M...
Re "Harvesting stormwater next green thing" (Jan. 27, Opinion page, Our View): This editorial addresses the ongoing issue of water shortages in our semi-arid Southern California Mediterranean climate and describes how individuals can reduce water waste through drought- resistant landscaping and rain barrel capture.
First, some observable facts about oxalis pes-caprae, or "goat-footed," which probably refers to its cloven hoof-shaped leaves. Come wintertime, look on any untended patch of earth in the Mediterranean climate of the Central Coast and you will see pretty yellow flowers nodding in the breeze on their slender stems. They smell good, like narcissus, and if you pluck a flower and chew on the stem, it is pleasantly tart and juicy. This is our subject, which is also called "sourgrass. Oxalis pes-caprae probably came to California in the 1920s and immediately established itself as a weed, but it seems to have gotten more aggressive in the last few years. There is an agonized literature of oxalis on the Internet documenting this. People call it "pestiferous," describe their "panic-stricke...
We have been very fortunate with our weather this year but it is going to get hot. Our typical Mediterranean climate - with wet nonfreezing winters and dry summers (no rain at all for up to six months) - in Southern and Central California exists in only a few other places worldwide, including the Mediterranean area, southern Africa, the Chilean coast and southwestern Australia.
From the mountains to the prairies to the oceans, I love America. As I pushed my 2-year-old boy on the swing this morning, I found myself singing patriotic songs, thinking about how great this country really is. I lived near the beautiful Atlantic beach dunes, the forested Appalachian Mountains, the fruited Midwest plains and then settled in the temperate Mediterranean climate of California. How thankful I am to be an American, where I have always been able to pursue my dreams with little resistance, where I always feel freedom and liberty deep in my heart and soul, and where I feel that I can change things if my community or country moves in a direction that I do not like.
No wine region other than Burgundy experiences the influences of vintages more keenly than the Northern Rhone Valley. At the Northern Rhone's beginning, just below the city of Vienne, the cool, continental climate of the north starts colliding with the Mediterranean's hot remnants filtering up the Rhone Valley from the south. Resulting seasonal fluctuations often bring devastating late- spring frosts, summer hailstorms and early-autumn rains.
Succulents are the new "it" plant in CaIifornia since they ask for so little attention or water and our gardens have just survived three years of drought But I learned that "palms" are milking their 15 minutes of feme these days as well. "We're a design-focused nursery and palms are a natural for our Mediterranean climate here in the Bay Area. They're beautiful, versatile and easy to grow," says Grubb. Palms were introduced by the Spanish and popularized by San Franciscans in the Victorian era. Palm trees are diverse enough to be used in varied planting styles such as bamboo substitutes, hedges, container plants and naturalistic groves as well as the traditional entrance and alley pair. Grubb recommends the blue Moroccan Fan Palm ( Chamaerops humilis var. argentea), which can easily mat...
The building itself isn't much to look at: a lone, humble, red brick structure in the middle of a grassy lawn. A series of antennae and satellite dishes on the roof and next to the building are clear giveaways that this place definitely isn't a chiropractor's office. After passing through two keypad security doors and expecting a retinal scan at any moment, I'm finally through to the top-secret headquarters of weather forecasting. [Dave Soroka]'s work with the NWS took him from his first job forecasting at Rockefeller Center in New York to the "active weather" of North Dakota to Monterey, where he's worked for the past two years. We have what's called a Mediterranean climate in Monterey," Soroka explains. "This type of climate is found in less than 10 percent of the world.
PECS, Hungary -- A church without a steeple; a near- Mediterranean climate far from the Mediterranean Sea; winemaking traditions in the region dating from the Roman Empire. The southern Hungarian city of Pecs, in brief. In 2010 -- along with Essen, Germany, and Istanbul, Turkey -- Pecs will also be a European capital of culture. Located 125 miles south of Budapest, it's a comfortable three-hour train ride from Hungary's capital.
The name echinacea derives from the Greek word "echinos," which means "hedgehog." The plant's prominent raised center cone resembles the spines of a hedgehog. (Hedgehogs were fun pets back in those days; nowadays we have Chias.) Determined to stand upright and show their stuffall summer long, some varieties have flowers that are horizontal and smile as you pass, while others play hard-to-get, their delicate petals drooping gracefully. In the past, most were mauve to pink, but new hybrids have appeared in the last few years with sunnier colors that blend in beautifully in our Mediterranean climate. These fashionable deciduous perennials are mostly found in dry habitats. They'll thrive in deep, humusrich, well-drained soil in full sun, although I have a few planted in light shade and they...
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