From the Email InBox: Go Native in Grand Terrace - Plants People

Planting Native Plants Can Help the Environment:

Less water use saves energy. Yes it take Energy to pump the water out of the well and up to the tanks on Blue Mountain. A big portion of the cost of water is the Energy it takes to pump it. This Energy cost could be offset if the Water Company put Solar PV Cells on the Water Towers or on their property to run the pumps. This is one of the best uses of PV Cells in Developing Nations.

Less Chemicals to control weeds, and bugs... This saves Energy and curtails chemical pollution and contamination of humans and pets and run off water.

Now where do you get Native Plants and what plants will grow with minimal or no watering?

First of all when you have Fruit Trees, they need to be watered. Follow the watering instruction for fruit trees, and do not water the lawn... the lawn will grow, or revert to native pasture...

Then, replace non edible plants with natives. Avoid planting natives that are poisonous to pets and children... who don't know not to eat the plants. Where do you get such plants...?

When you Google California Native Plants, most searches direct you to places that have plants suitable for the coastal areas of California. It took time, but here is a suppler that has plants that are suited to a dry climate. Yes their sight suggest they are all about Turtles but they have a fantastic seed section. Apparently Turtles and Tortoise care is a landscape hobby as well as a pet. Or perhaps the Turtle is a pet to the landscape. I won't try to solve that question...

Plants Native to California Desert Climate (Mojave)
TurtleStuff Dot Com
P.O. Box 260 Apple Valley,
CA 92307-0005

http://www.turtlestuff.com
On Line Orders
sales@turtlestuff.com

Gramps, I've sent you an attachment... of a MSWORD document that is kind of a catolog with pictures you may want to make available via email... for those who desire it....

Thanks for posting this Gramps.... hope it helps folks go Native in Grand Terrace.