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The Latest from LEAF


How big is your Laundry Container?
Continuing with my theme of reducing my plastic usage, one of the largest chunks of plastic in my house, at one point in time, was liquid...

Rebecca
Aug 26, 20212 min read


What I Did to Keep Out Rodents Known As Gophers
Student for LEAF Ethan shares something he learned over the summer! At Stone Garden, there were so many amazing tasks to be done to...
Ethan
Aug 23, 20211 min read


Something Very Close to my Heart
Something very close to my heart, besides propagating plants, is reducing plastic usage or being "plastic conscious" (a term, I realize,...

Rebecca
Aug 19, 20212 min read


A disinfectant a day keeps the doctor away
Student for LEAF Sydney shares something she learned over the summer! In the Students for Leaf group I have been exposed to a variety of...

Sydney
Aug 16, 20211 min read


Introduction
Salutations! My name is Rebecca and I am the new Propagator. I have been volunteering at LEAF C.R. Stone Garden since December 2020. I...
Rebecca
Aug 12, 20211 min read


A Love Story
Meet Rhianne. Rhianne is in her early thirties and has a tremendous love for flowers. Rather than a gardener, she considers herself...

Eddie
Jul 30, 20213 min read


No Bitterness
David Mesropyan Illustration by Sydney Owyang I think I say something like, “I love bitter drinks,” and Elaine brings up that she has...
David
Jul 26, 20216 min read


Easy upcycling DIY: Jar lid pin cushion
Sharing a quick and easy crafting project created by #HandyMumLin. I spent a little over an hour creating this jar lid pin cushion that...

Joyce
Jul 19, 20212 min read


Beauty and the Beach
During my vacation in St. Petersburg, Florida, I was taken aback to see all of the efforts being made there to safeguard both the...

Eddie
Jul 12, 20213 min read


Large fossil find in EBMUD land
While on a routine patrol, Greg Francek came across bone fragments from prehistoric animals that existed millions of years before humans...

Elaine
May 26, 20211 min read


Natural Wonders
Beauty from devastation. When we think of natural wonders, the last thing we picture in our minds is destruction. And yet it was the...

Eddie
May 26, 20212 min read


Homemade roasted tomatillo salsa!!!
Ingredients: 8-10 tomatillos, husked and washed 1-2 tomatoes, washed. Any tomatoes are fine but the juicier the better. 2 large...

Mayank
May 17, 20211 min read


Getting your paws dirty
Every LEAF Day is Earth Day when our farm puppy gets down and dirty. Puppy taking a breather after a busy morning at Stone Garden digging...

Elaine
May 16, 20211 min read


Earth Day Recycling Event
Pick up your plants, drop off your recyclables! In the midst of our Spring Plant Sale, LEAF initiated a recycling event that kicked on on...

Eddie
May 3, 20212 min read


Spring Plant Sale
Our biggest seedling sale is now underway! This year we sourced seed from some new seed companies. All of them have signed the Seed...

Eddie
May 2, 20211 min read


A New Home Online
After months of planning and hard work, our new website is LIVE! We are proud to reveal our brand new fremontleaf.org website! Over the...

Eddie
May 1, 20211 min read


Introducing LEAF Wiki
A one-of-a-kind resource for gardeners in Fremont and around the world. We are HUGELY excited to introduce LEAF Wiki! If you're...

Eddie
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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