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TRCD announces Native Plant Sale
The Tehachapi Mountains can be a challenging place to garden. Many of the plants carried in chain...
Rainbow's End, an adorable miniature rose
Roses generally do well in Tehachapi, and my recommendation for one of the best miniature roses you...
When a pear orchard grew in Tehachapi city limits
I'd like to tell you about the beautiful pear orchard that once grew within Tehachapi city limits, n...
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"We spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on...
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“When people who had never heard of Tehachapi would ask where it was, I’d tell them ‘We’re...
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"The night Prohibition was enacted in 1919, there were 13 saloons and only two churches in...
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U. S. Postal Service: "State the names of other post offices near the proposed one in Tehachapi,...
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"When I was growing up in Tehachapi, we could hike and explore all over this place, on both sides...
Planting the future at the Randall Preserve
Under blue Tehachapi skies, a creek chuckled and splashed as it flowed, newly-invigorated by recent...
Valley Oak: the Bison of our mountains
The Tehachapi Mountains are home to at least six species of tree oaks and perhaps that many shrubs...
January in the Tehachapi Mountains is a study in contrasts
January weather in Tehachapi can be snowy, windy and extremely cold, or it can be sunny and mild...
Do any Tehachapi animals hibernate?
Since the Tehachapi Mountains can get very cold in winter, and we usually have snow, you may wonder...
A peach of a planting idea for the Tehachapi Mountains
When most people think about Tehachapi and fruit trees, the first type that comes to mind are apple...
Remembering Harold Williams: a Nuwä leader and remarkable man
If you want to learn more about the Native Americans of the Tehachapi Mountains, the first two...
Jawbone Canyon Store: for fun and good food
If you drive east out of Tehachapi on Highway 58, then head north on Highway 14, the very first...
In years when the water returns
One of the ways that I know California has been locked in an ongoing drought is that fact that I oft...
The living Christmas Tree that's native to the Tehachapi Mountains
Venture into the higher elevations in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 5,000 feet and higher, and you...
Thanksgiving: remembering to give thanks throughout the years
Thanksgiving is an annual day of celebration that has persisted in what is now the United States...
Cho'ikizh! What is that? Nuwä names for birds
"Cho'ikizh! Cho'ikizh!" The Nuwä Indian woman heard the familiar call as she sat under a hava...
Rabbitbrush: the golden flowering light of autumn
One of my favorite aspects of living in the Tehachapi Mountains is how vibrant and tangible the...
Kevin Cousineau: the self-taught and ingenious man who helped create the wind industry
Kevin Cousineau didn't just participate in the early days of wind energy development in California,...
The Lantzes and living in Cameron Canyon
Dae Lantz Jr. and his wife Jean were married in Oklahoma in 1949. Dae's father, Dae Lantz Sr., was...
Tules: an aquatic plant anchoring Native culture and wetlands
In any lake, reservoir or pond where water stands year-round in the Tehachapi Mountains, or this...
