Good on them. I remember this was an issue when we lived in Florida--people
planted various northern grasses and plants in their gardens, and as a result
wasted lots of water and had to turn their gardens into toxic waste dumps to
"protect" their gardens.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Apr 4, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> There's very little in the way of wildflowers in the back country this
> season due to the lack of winter rains, so I have been looking around for
> opportunities along my daily cycling routes here in Tempe. There are a few
> homes in the southern part of town that have defied the "Disney Desert" form
> of landscaping and have instead turned their front yards in to nice showcases
> of more natural desert flora. One home in particular has a couple of
> interesting species, one being a well formed Strawberry Cactus:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624098065/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099075/
>
> and the other being a species of succulent that I have heard refered to as
> Desert Candle but which I cannot for the moment properly identify:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099265/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099855/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624100085/
>
> Another home nearby has an interesting cactus with orange flowers that I
> have yet to identify:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624198995/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624199025/
>
> Notice the arrangement of rocks in the next to last photo. The owner has
> gone to the trouble of gsthering rocks that are typical of lower altitude
> Sonoran Desert slopes and arranging them in a way that you would commonly
> find them in a natural environment. This is a high degree of detail that I
> rarely see, but I would not want to encourage people to go to unless they can
> find the rocks in areas that have been disturbed by road grading.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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