Leela Cyd courtesy of Ten Speed Press
Keep your potted plants alive with these 10 common sense tips from a small garden pro. Christine Lennon – February 11, 2021 | Updated February 12, 2021
When friends and co-authors Isa Hendry Eaton and Jennifer Blaise Kramer, a Santa Barbara-based landscape designer and writer, respectively, released their book
Small Garden Style: A Design Guide For Outdoor Rooms and Containers (Ten Speed Press) in early 2020, they had no way of knowing how important outside spaces, front porches, backyards and postage-stamp sized patios would become. TheÂ
Wall Street Journal reported that garden spending peaked at a wild $120 billion last year. Seed companies and nurseries across the country reported record sales. And, if we had to guess, approximately one million people stood over a sad little plant with brown-spotted or shriveled leaves and whispered âWhy?â Â
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Maps.com, a Santa Barbara-based company brings International Map Day to the world with examples of detailed maps of the journeys taken by historical explorers like Marco Polo. Included is a downloadable map of Marco Polo’s expeditions, a digital story map with detail imagery and content, and links to additional information.
“Maps.com takes pride in opening the world of maps and helping expand peoples’ understanding of their world, both past and present, the company said. These explorers traveled in a different time, with different tools and methods, although they too used a map to find their way.
By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
January 23, 2021
| 7:33 p.m.
The Lompoc Unified School District board president’s push to hire an attorney for unspecified legal services prompted strong opposition from administrators about the unusual proposal.
Bill Heath
The agenda for the LUSD board meeting earlier this month included “approval of agreement to provide specialized legal services” and was proposed by board president Bill Heath.
He recommended that the five-member board approve a contract with Santa Barbara-based KVT Law Group LLP to provide temporary specialized legal services at a rate of $300 per hour for attorney time and $125 per hour for paralegal services.