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		<title>Fire Safe Favorites: Groundcover Roses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While roses are almost never recommended in popular fire safe literature. I have found that they make the ideal fire safe plant for several reasons. They are colorful and easy to care for. They are actively gorwing in summer, making them less likely to burn easily. Roses require regular maintenance while not building up dead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/05/14/fire-safe-favorites-groundcover-roses/</link>
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		<title>Three&#8217;s Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I must admit, I am cheap. I mean not Jack Benny cheap; he used to say that when he opened his wallet he could hear birds sing (Cheap, cheap, cheap).  But I have a habit of being a bit conservative when I am purchasing new plants.  About a month ago I was immersed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/04/18/threes-company/</link>
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		<title>Savanna grows in San Mateo, and it could be yours for 10 bucks.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show is in full swing right now at the San Mateo Event Center near the junction of Hwy 101 and Hwy 92.  And while most gardeners are oohing and aahing over slick display gardens on the show floor and snapping up choice plants and garden art at the marketplace, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/03/23/savanna-grows-in-san-mateo-and-it-could-be-yours-for-10-bucks/</link>
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		<title>Spring temptations: blooms get a boost by planning ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather is great, the sun is warm and the trees are all in bloom! Garden centers, big box retailers, and even the local supermarket are overflowing with young colorful bedding plants and veggies starts.  So let’s grab a basket full of flowers and get planting, right? Sure, go for it, have fun! But remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/03/15/spring-temptations-blooms-get-a-boost-by-planning-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Big Excitement in San Mateo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the big event for gardeners is about to arrive in San Mateo, CA.  The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show arrives again at the San Mateo Event Center on March 21 to 25th.  There will be show gardens, seminars, plants, products, ideas and even a celebrity or two.  But for me, the big draw [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/02/28/big-excitement-in-san-mateo/</link>
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		<title>Bare Root Bargain? Shopping for Fruit Trees may be a bust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fruit trees pop up in the most unlikely spots in late winter.  There are plums and peaches at Costco next to the display of Sofas.  There are apples at Walgreens at the front door.  There are grapes on Home Depot.  But for all the promise of juicy, organic home-grown fruit, are you really getting a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/02/06/bare-root-bargain-shopping-for-fruit-trees-may-be-a-bust/</link>
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		<title>Dealing with Bad Dirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The dirt on my dirt. After waiting all of December and half of January, the rain finally fell on the North State.  But while it is still a long time before the last frost date, one of the most important acts of an effective garden needs to happen now.   That is the act of preparing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2012/02/02/my-garden-is-better-than-yours-insights-into-why-some-gardens-thrive-and-others-fail-an-occasional-series-at-firesafegarden-com/</link>
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		<title>Good Garden Habits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever notice there are things you do around the garden that come so naturally to you that it is hard to remember that others might not have the same effective habits that make you such a good gardener?  Or conversely, do you wonder why some gardeners seem to have such Green Thumbs while yours seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2011/04/21/good-garden-habits/</link>
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		<title>How to Create a Fire-Safe Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[30ft + 70Ft =100ft of defensible space! Lean, Clean and Green: the first 30 feet. Lean: *Create an open area near the house free of fuels, woodpiles, and clutter. *Ideally have a solid paved or clean, raked gravel walkway that allows room to walk the entire perimeter of the home. Clean: *Instead of decks and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2009/08/30/how-to-create-a-fire-safe-garden/</link>
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		<title>Fire Safe Favorites: Fire Safe Summer Combo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I  took this photo in the my old East Border down in Big Sur last year. It shows a great combo of fire safe plants for summer color. The combo features Aloe x nobilis with red blooms, purple flowers from Teuchrium, Scarlet Flower Carpet rose, Gaillardia Goblin, Gold strap leaves of Phormium, plus blue Perovskia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://firesafegarden.com/wpblog1/2009/07/29/fire-safe-favorites-fire-safe-summer-combo/</link>
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