Gardening

Don't Piss Where You Work

[Hey, You!] A bush is not a toilet . . .

Where Do Mexican Gardeners Throw Away Their Clippings?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And do Mexicans eat chocolate?

On the Line: Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common Food Drink, Part Two

Sharing the same first name with a co-worker can be confusing, but Three Seventy Common's Ryan Adams also gets mistaken for a rock star. Wait, is that good or bad? His love of surfing, fast cars, welding and gardening make him a Renaissance man. Oh, and somewhere he finds time to cook.Read our inter ... More >>

Into the Emerald Triangle

Travels with OC potrepreneur B. Lucky to California's marijuana breadbasket

Thomas Andrew Spence Took Hands Out of Undone Pants and Assaulted Deputy: Charges

​A female Orange County Sheriff's deputy spotted a man in bushes near a Laguna Niguel garden center Wednesday with his hands in his pockets and his pant undone. So, she confronted him. A foot chase followed and, when she caught up with him, he allegedly tried to take her firearm and physically str ... More >>

At the Farmers' Market: Squash Blossoms

Since the recipe yesterday involved fresh squash blossoms, it seemed like a good time to explore the ins and outs of the bright yellow or orange flowers.Dave Lieberman​

[UPDATED:] Santa Ana Civic Center's New Solution to the Homeless Problem

UPDATE: After hearing the Catholic Workers concerns, Santa Ana city officials contacted the contractor who agreed to move the fence between the benches and the grass. Ta da!Have a seat.​Santa Ana's Civic Center is picking on the homeless again, according to Orange County's best Catholic, Dwight Sm ... More >>

At the Farmers' Market: Mustard Greens and Green Garlic

Dave Lieberman​It might be January, and it might not be time to think about spring yet, but it's been a warm year and the greenery is already out at the farmers' market, up to two months in advance of its normal appearance.Green garlic is the entire garlic plant while it is still young, before the ... More >>

Leaving Babylon

I'm bailing for Vegas today and that got me thinking about the idea of leaving. Then I remembered a strange cover version of the Bad Brains song "Leaving Babylon" a week ago. I was in the gardening department at Big Lots (does Big Lots have "departments?") when I heard an acoustic guitar strumming s ... More >>

[Summer Guide] Guerrilla Gardeners Strike an Earthy Tone as They Beautify Medians and Empty Lots

DIY Fest and Really, Really Free Market

Santiago Park

Bangok Taste Closed for a Week--No Worries. I Hope.

Had dinner earlier this week at Bangkok Taste in SanTana, my current fave Thai restaurant, with the mysterious Ben Dayhoe (contrary to popular rumor, he's not Mr. X). We enjoyed soups, fried tofu, their famous roti dessert, and the peanut-butter soup called khao soy. After our dinner (we ate with ou ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

The Dahlia Lady of Costa Mesa

If you've visited Kean Coffee in Newport Beach (...but really Costa Mesa) in the last few months, you'll notice their abundance of beautiful, brightly colored, fresh-cut dahlias in all shapes and sizes—some, bigger than your face—on display. And if you peer even closer, you'll notice homemade ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Green Thumb

Spring Garden Show

Letters

OC Weekly is a stupid tabloid for journalists/writers who could never make it to a real newspaper!

!Ask a Mexican!

'I bet they speak English during recess'

Mini-Maul

Chris Burdens tiny Armageddon

Letters

'WHO or WHAT raised you?'

The Alchemist

Rick Frausto recycles everything into art

Godly Work

Joel Heflin is as attentive to Found Measure Project as God would be: not very

!Ask a Mexican!

Gooooooaaaalll!

FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster

Diary of A Mad County

Inside Charlie Kaufman

The metafictional mayhem inand behindSpike Jonzes Adaptation

Return of the Native?

Wish they all could be California plants

The Sap Spills Like Blood

A lot of pruning goes on at Leisure World, and its not just the residents

Hellooooooo, Mr. Wilson!

Enviros give pro-development supervisor the kid-glove treatment

Hey, You Cant Park There!

The year in not-so-open space

Face Off

Mabel Alvarez and the mysterious

Lawnbot

It mows the lawn while you read a book

Oh

Linda McCartneys photos, bold African Ceremonies

The Sacred and the Dead

Plus: Zapata, Zapata, Zapata!

All the President Meant

We help Nixon apologists explain away the president's apparent narrow-mindedness

Guilty Pleasures

601-700

Daniel du Plessis Is Very Sweet

And we mean that in a good way

Confessions of a Lawn Killer

Parting with the suburban icon is such sweet sorrow