Gardening: How firescaping your home and yard creates a needed safety zone

I am tempted to say that the second edition of “Firescaping” (Wilderness Press, 2019) arrived at my doorstep just in time for fire season. The reality of firescaping, however, is that it’s an ongoing challenge. If you live in a fire-prone area but were unfazed by that reality until the Saddleridge fire blazed, you may suddenly be in a scrambling mode to minimize your exposure to a possible conflagration.
Every time a major fire breaks out in California, I wonder why people live