{"id":5312,"date":"2011-07-25T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2011-07-25T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T15:58:35","slug":"fun-with-phacelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=5312","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Phacelia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s time to post to the blog again, because that means I\u2019ve been at my internship for over a month now. Time flies when you\u2019re having fun!<\/p>\n

Last week was the training workshop at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I finally got to meet Krissa and Marian, who are totally awesome. I also got to hang out with all the other interns in the program, which was like being back in college, except where everyone else loves plants as much as I do. The Chicago Botanic Garden was beautiful.\u00a0 I learned some really interesting things, and we had a ton of fun going into the city Friday night. Basically the workshop was awesome, although the humidity definitely made me appreciate working in the desert.<\/p>\n

As for life back in Grand Junction, my most recent excitement was finding a rare threatened plant, the DeBeque phacelia.<\/em> It\u2019s a tiny annual forb that only grows in a very specific environment, in bare loose soil on southwest or east-facing slopes. I have never been so excited over a tiny dried-out plant.<\/p>\n

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In other news, I went wine tasting in Palisade last weekend, which is cool since I never would have thought of wineries in Colorado. They actually have some international award-winning wines. Best part was the tasting was all free!<\/p>\n

Also I\u2019m covered in bug bites, especially on my feet. Just thought you all should know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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