Ceanothus is the genus of a group of plants in the Rhamnaceae or Buckthorn plant family. Several species in this genus go by the common name, Red Root.
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2021
- Apr 7, 2021 one dark night in snowy Colorado Apr 7, 2021
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2020
- Jun 28, 2020 a wild-tending walk on the Colorado Trail summer 2020 Jun 28, 2020
- Mar 20, 2020 Experiments in fish smoking by the Gila River in New Mexico Mar 20, 2020
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2019
- Dec 6, 2019 Fall on the road in the west, Camas and Wapato planting, Piñon Pine nut harvest Dec 6, 2019
- Sep 13, 2019 teaching hide tanning at jim croft's 'old ways of making books' class Sep 13, 2019
- May 22, 2019 an Oakland glimpse : watching in transit from one world to the next May 22, 2019
- Apr 19, 2019 hawai'i : walking below cliffs of ‘ūlei and lantana Apr 19, 2019
- Feb 3, 2019 Blueberry: A Plant Profile Feb 3, 2019
- Jan 10, 2019 high sierra photo diary Jan 10, 2019
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2018
- Dec 17, 2018 Photo Diary : Falling Leaves Rendezvous October 2018 plant walks with Luke Learningdeer and Doug Elliott, South Carolina Dec 17, 2018
- Dec 15, 2018 Oil and Rust VI: Where Are The Plants? Elders in prisons. Dec 15, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Reflections on Over-giving and a Year of Output Dec 9, 2018
- Nov 11, 2018 Juniper Plant Profile Nov 11, 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 Artist Profile: Tilke Elkins + Natural Pigments + the importance of investigation Oct 23, 2018
- Sep 28, 2018 Wallowas photo diary Sep 28, 2018
- Aug 14, 2018 Elderberry (Sambucus) plant profile Aug 14, 2018
- Jul 29, 2018 questioning maps and names Jul 29, 2018
- Jul 20, 2018 Citrus : A plant profile Jul 20, 2018
- Jul 5, 2018 Joshua Tree photo diary + Sun Ritual + sheepskin tanning Jul 5, 2018
- Jun 28, 2018 Utah photo diary + Sundial Medicinals' Apothecary Jun 28, 2018
- Jun 13, 2018 Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata: A plant profile Jun 13, 2018
- May 20, 2018 Rose Family Plants: A Plant Profile pt. 1, featuring Multiflora Rose, Rugosa Rose and Blackberry May 20, 2018
- Apr 11, 2018 'The Cottonwoods,' Populus : A plant profile Apr 11, 2018
- Apr 1, 2018 Oil and Rust V: My Grandmothers Gave Me Plants Apr 1, 2018
- Mar 15, 2018 Self-care on the Road #2: Practicalities & a note on churning Mar 15, 2018
- Mar 5, 2018 Yerba Santa: A Plant Profile Mar 5, 2018
- Feb 15, 2018 'The Redroots,' Ceanothus: A Plant Profile Feb 15, 2018
- Feb 1, 2018 an attempt at self-care on the road : an expansion Feb 1, 2018
- Jan 19, 2018 A spell for the year Jan 19, 2018
- Jan 14, 2018 FLIP, DIG, TURN the dirt Jan 14, 2018
- Jan 9, 2018 Persimmon : a plant profile Jan 9, 2018
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2017
- Dec 7, 2017 Piñon Pine : a plant profile Dec 7, 2017
- Dec 6, 2017 Point Reyes & the privilege of finding peace Dec 6, 2017
- Nov 11, 2017 a nevada moment Nov 11, 2017
- Sep 30, 2017 a summer of Fire in the west Sep 30, 2017
- Sep 12, 2017 Wind/Storm/Wild: a wilderness solo Sep 12, 2017
- Sep 2, 2017 Signal Fire residency and 'Ground shots' Sep 2, 2017
- Jul 22, 2017 old ways at Jim Croft's in northern Idaho Jul 22, 2017
- Jun 24, 2017 good medicine, moab, mormons: travel notes Jun 24, 2017
- Jun 20, 2017 Great Basin travel notes Jun 20, 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 home as a purgatory of remembrance Jun 12, 2017
- May 19, 2017 plants stories from the sagebrush salve May 19, 2017
- May 8, 2017 sadness and the sea May 8, 2017
- Apr 28, 2017 yuba poem Apr 28, 2017
- Apr 20, 2017 An unexpected death in the redwoods Apr 20, 2017
- Apr 2, 2017 Safer Apr 2, 2017
- Mar 14, 2017 gathering branches from the far and wide Mar 14, 2017
- Feb 27, 2017 tan oak study and the alchemy of understanding through process Feb 27, 2017
- Feb 20, 2017 Post-Imbolc Ode to Lingering Darkness Feb 20, 2017
- Feb 14, 2017 s t o r y o f p l a c e : oil and rust II Feb 14, 2017
- Feb 5, 2017 Why Care about the Land? Feb 5, 2017
- Jan 6, 2017 Resilience is Bristlecones Jan 6, 2017
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2016
- Dec 21, 2016 Cast in white Dec 21, 2016
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