Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Moraga Garden Club Celebrates Forty Years All worthwhile undertakings start with a seed of an idea. And so it was that the thought to start a Garden Club in Moraga germinated over coffee around a kitchen table 40 years ago. By Linda U. Foley
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| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Mother's Day Contest Tell us in 50 words or less why your mom is ...
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| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Gardening with Cynthia Brian: SOW EASY There is a Zen saying that perks my sensibilities as I gaze at the emerald green hillsides, listening to the gurgling of the stream by my house. "Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." Hooray! Spring has sprung as my very ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Need Help Picking the Perfect Paint Color? For Lamorinda residents looking for a way to freshen up their homes, there's no project that gives you more bang for the buck than painting. A fresh new color on the walls can make everything else in the room look better. The problem for most do-it-yourself-ers ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Maya McBride's Rain Garden In 2003, Maya McBride and her husband made the move east out of Berkeley to Orinda and bought what she describes as the quintessential rancher replete with a backyard shaded by tall cedar and redwood trees and covered with ivy and Bermuda grass. "It was so dark and ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010 The Good Psychology of Inspections - For Sellers! For both buyers and sellers, inspections rank as one of the cheapest kinds of insurance a housing consumer can purchase.
Inspections provide protection for both parties when par ...By Ken Ryerson
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Catching the Rain It is one of Deva Rajan's simple pleasures to collect rainwater from the gutters that have been cleaned by the winter showers, and to make tea with it. "What better use of the rain water can one make?" asks the Canyon resident. At the other end of the scale of rain ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Bringing Back the Natives Annual Garden Tour on May 2nd In 2006, Lois Reynolds and Terry Mead went on the "Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour." The Orinda couple had always wanted to transform their side and back gardens from concrete and dirt to something more appealing and sustainable; it was not until they visited ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Gardening with Cynthia Brian: Care, Share and Be Fair The day I became a gardener was the first sunny day in the month of March. My dog, Bullet (yes, named after Roy Roger's and Dale Evan's Hollywood hound) and I went for a stroll in my mother's prized garden with the intent of picking her a beautiful bouquet. Not a great ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Spring Cleaning, a Shared Tradition It's hard to miss the signs -- spring is almost here! Already sprightly bulbs revive our roadsides, scattered showers mix with bright sun and fruit trees are beginning to bear bunches of blossoms. As the birds sing away in the gardens, we want to open our windows to ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Digging Deep: Scents, Senses, and Aphrodisiacs In the middle of every dark grey dreary winter, February, the month of love, lovers, and longing shyly signals the forthcoming rebirth of spring as sensuous jonquils stretch their stamens skyward. Amour is in the air and what better place to savor the sensuality than ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian - Read, Plant, Grow! The barren trees stretch their pale branches to the sky as I gaze out my bedroom window. It's cold, wet, and dreary and the unexpected December snowfall appears to have frozen most succulents and tender plants. Visions of sugarplums and nutcrackers dancing through my ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Season's "Greenings" "It's not easy being green!" Kermit the Frog December ushers in the shortest and darkest days of the year as we prepare for the chilliness of winter. Thank goodness we have the holidays to bring us good cheer and merriment. Are you suffering from the winter blues? Then consider decorating green! By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian-Rescue Me! The bobcat carefully wove between the established trees as it scooped load after load of soil. Piles of debris littered the driveway-blocks of shattered wood, chunks of concrete, broken bits of brick. In a corner, shrubs, trees, and a variety of plants lay withering in ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Digging Deep-Gardening with CynthiaTonics, Tricks and Tips in the Garden A few years ago when I was writing my book, Be the Star You Are!(r)-99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference, my good friend and fellow author, Dr. Bernie Siegel gave me some very sage advice. "Cynthia," Bernie said, "there is nothing ...By Cynthia Brian
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