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	<title>Yips and Howls &#187; Wild Plants</title>
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		<title>Arizona Trees</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/04/arizona-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny to arrive in Arizona in early April for a much-anticipated break from tree-rich Oregon and take pictures of trees. But how could I resist these?]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Gold</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/01/winter-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so refreshing to find a bit of color in all the grays and browns of winter.  I loved the gold moss on this old cottonwood (at least I&#8217;m assuming it&#8217;s a cottonwood) in the Sandy River Delta.]]></description>
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		<title>Mossy Forest</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/11/mossy-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post-Thanksgiving walk through fog, rain, and slushy snow on the edge of the Opal Creek Recreation Area in the Cascade Foothills:]]></description>
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		<title>Touches of Color</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/10/touches-of-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out West, in the land of conifers, we don't have the color spectacle that blesses New England this time of year.  But our few wild deciduous shrubs and trees do add some lovely accents to our evergreen forests and browning grasslands (...)]]></description>
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		<title>When Life Gives You Weeds&#8230;Eat &#8216;Em</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/06/when-life-gives-you-weeds-eat-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the rain out over the last few weeks and the challenges of getting the summer garden in, I&#8217;ve been grateful for food that sprouts with no effort on my part. I might not want stinging nettles in my cultivated garden, but I like having a patch on a distant corner of our property. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Challenges, Wild Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m ecstatic to be back on our property in Northeastern Oregon.  There&#8217;s lots to do: organizing inside the yurt to make cooking and storage more convenient, building a spring box and laying pipe to get potable water into the yurt, putting in the garden.  And there are many challenges: a muddy road, cars that get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mossy Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/01/moss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moss growing behind my ears, moss for brains, hiding under moss....]]></description>
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		<title>Douglas Fir: Species of the Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/douglas-fir-species-of-the-week-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've spent most of my life among Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga sp.)  Although I love other trees and plant communities, Douglas fir forests still speak to me of home.  In the Pacific Northwest, they're ubiquitous from the Cascades to the coast.  Douglas fir and other conifers of the region are why I've never felt at ease in the deciduous forests of eastern North America (as lovely as they are), where bare branches in winter make me especially homesick....]]></description>
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		<title>Our Live Christmas Tree</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/our-live-christmas-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to be the Christmas tree enthusiast in the family.  I'd drive around Seattle for hours looking for the perfect tree, set it up, decorate it....]]></description>
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		<title>Western Larch: Species of the Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/11/western-larch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was hard to leave our yurt in northeastern Oregon with Western larch (Larix occidentalis) in full copper-yellow glory.  But when the flanks of the mountains there blaze with what looks like a procession of candles, it's time to get ready for a harsh winter or move to lower elevations....]]></description>
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