Your Two Cents’ Worth

‘Native Plant Appetizer’

Converting an entire yard to native plants is a worthy goal, but it can be intimidating. Why not try converting a very small non-native plant or grass section of your yard to a California native plant section first? You can search online for “California Friendly Landscaping,” attend a free LADWP native plant workshop, or visit Merrihew’s nursery in Santa Monica. When your eyes feast on your beautiful new foliage, your lower water bill, and your greater amount of wildlife, you’ll be hungry for more.

Marquez Coffee

Please stop asking “Coffee shop in Marquez Knolls anyone?” There aren’t enough patrons in Marquez Knolls to support one.

Adults

People complain about kids and teens. Time to complain about the adults. Today, at the Farmers’ Market, a man took one toothpick and speared a sample, put it in his mouth and continued with the same toothpick down the line. A woman grabbed a basket of fruit, lifted it to her nose, inhaled, put it down. She picked up a second, inhaled, a third etc., adding germs and grossness to each box. Another man took a peach from the display and stood there eating it before walking off without paying. Please respect other market shoppers and the vendors.

Leaf Blowers

Get rid of gas leaf blowers.

Dogs

It’s time to do something about our town’s reputation for entitled behavior and the dog problem at the Farmers Market. In a recent OpEd piece by Nadav Ziv in the LA Times, he aptly writes: “The best place to see rich Angelenos act as if the rules don’t apply to them is the Pacific Palisades Farmers Market. Amid beautiful heirloom tomatoes and jumbo avocados that I wish I could afford, dozens of posted signs make clear that non-service dogs are prohibited. And yet everywhere I look … dogs, dogs, dogs.”

Parking

Be careful of people parking on Temescal by Pali High. People are almost hitting employees.

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