Home Front for Feb. 27: Home Front for Feb. 27: (February 27, 2004)

LEARN FROM THE WEEDS . . . Biologist Ron Whitehurst will teach a class on "Weeds as Indicators" Saturday, March 6, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Participants are asked to bring in their favorite weeds for identification and discussion. Whitehurst will talk about how weeds can be used to test soil and demonstrate growing conditions. Cost is $17. For information, visit www.commongroundinpaloalto.org or call (650) 493-6072.
WHAT THRIVES HERE? . . . Jeff Rosendale will discuss "Great Plants for California's Mediterranean Climate" Tuesday, March 2, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Gamble Garden Center, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Fee is $20 for members, $25 for non-members. For information, visit www.gamblegarden.org or call (650) 329-1356. The next Master Gardener Plant Clinic will be held Saturday, March 14, from 9-11 a.m. at Gamble Garden. Bring your problematic plants for a free diagnosis.
GROW PLANTS FROM SEEDS . . . Molly Barker, director of education at Filoli, will teach a class on "Sowing the Vegetable and Cutting Garden" Saturday, March 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. The class will focus on sowing seeds in containers and directly in the garden bed, transplanting seedlings and caring for new plants. Fee is $45; tickets go on sale to the public March 1. For information, call (650) 364-8300.

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