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Message: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Dirt Du Jour: {title}</title> </head> <body link="#4fa18b" text="#495234" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; line-height: 20px;"> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/email_hdr.jpg" alt="Dirt Du Jour" width="600" height="114" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table style="padding-bottom: 40px;" width="600" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="4" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/hdr_daily_dirt.jpg" alt="Daily Dirt" width="219" height="51" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-top: 3px;"> <p> thought you might like this little ditty from Dirt du jour</p> <img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/uploads/fountaingrass.jpg" alt="Fescue, invasive plants, Southern California gardening source, garden blog, California garden, garden California, garden ca, California plant and flower, garden newsletter, planting garden, plants, California landscape, patio gardens, garden tools, garden design, Cindy McNatt " style="float: left; padding: 4px; margin: 0 15px 10px 0; border: 1px solid #99af78;" /> <span style="color: #684903; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">March 25, 2009</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/item/be_a_part_of_the_solution/" style="color: #4fa18b;">Be a part of the solution</a></span><br /> <p>Exotic plants (the stuff gardeners like to grow) are crowding out natives in acres and acres of wild lands. This becomes a problem for birds, and then the bugs the birds eat and on and on in the food chain, not to mention the threat invasives pose to our native plant population. Exotics species are generally stronger and more aggressive. </p> <p>Keep a close eye on your figs and fescues, nicotianas and knotweeds, or not grow them at all if you live close to parks and preserves. See what else is a threat to Southern California’s native plant habitat at the <a href="http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/inventory/pdf/Inventory2006.pdf" title="California Invasive Plant Council.">California Invasive Plant Council.</a> </p> <p>Dang! Does this mean we’re not supposed to love the look and especially the smell of wild mustard? </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/coupon_spot.jpg" alt="Visit dirtdujour.com" width="225" height="147" border="0" /></a></td> <td style="padding-left: 15px;"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/email_sponsored.jpg" alt="Sponsored" width="219" height="58" /> <h3>Digging for weekly deals:</h3> <p>Just what we need at this time of year: a rubber boot tray 40% off at Ballard Designs. 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