Articles by Joe Robinson

90 articles since 2003

Presidential pin money

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | November 1, 2008
The votes are in, and it’s bad news for John McCain. Read more
 

Four ways to remove your lawn

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | September 6, 2008
YOU’D THINK it would be easy to murder a lawn, since many of us have had plenty of success without even trying. Read more
 

Guerrilla gardeners dig in

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | May 29, 2008
BRIMMING with lime-hued succulents and a lush collection of agaves, one shooting spiky leaves 10 feet into the air, it’s a head-turning garden smack in the middle of Long Beach’s asphalt jungle. Read more
 

Beyond the Giant Sequoias

Magazine | By Joe Robinson | April 6, 2008
Most people who visit Kings Canyon National Park go no farther than a 10-minute drive inside the entrance. Read more
 

Worms, our waste warriors

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | November 15, 2007
Sharing lunch with students at the Santa Monica College cafeteria one recent afternoon are a couple hundred thousand lowlife diners that most folks would only be caught dead with. Read more
 

On a steeple chase

Travel | By Joe Robinson | August 12, 2007
My body was already a waterfall, and it was only 10:15 a.m. Read more
 

THE CALIFORNIA GARDEN - Public enemy No. 1? - Lush lawns are a Southern California obsession. But with rainfall at historic lows, a turf war is heating up. Critics wonder if grass is always greener.

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | July 5, 2007
IT’S just grass, but don’t tell Sheldon Lodmer, for whom the sight of a well-kept lawn borders on the transcendental. Read more
 

THE CALIFORNIA GARDEN - Ways to lighten up on watering - Even if you’re not ready to go cold turkey, homeowners with lawns have plenty of ways to trim water usage.

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | July 5, 2007
Style of turf. Read more
 

Backyard Zen

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | June 14, 2007
IT’S a little after 8 a.m. Read more
 

Flight of the honeybees

Home & Garden | By Joe Robinson | April 26, 2007
SOMETHING strange is happening to honeybees. Read more
 
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