Big Minds Meet

Met with Karl today, new Executive Director for Laguna Canyon Foundation. Karl is all around good guy. Karl and I took Liz Brown's Docent class in 1999. With the LCF's support, we're able to continue on with projects and add to the Nursery, as witnessed by our new carts! After 7 years, we're finally using the wheel to move things around.

Nursery Work Day

Anne, David and John came to work. David and John potted up the remaining larger plants into 5 gallon pots. In the larger pots the plants can over-summer with less care and less stress. These plants were moved to the new tree structure. They were able to use up most of the recycled potting soil we had left.
Anne, John and I cleaned the 115-or-so 5 gallon pots that I’d fished out of the recycle bin at my work. This saved the Nursery about $600 for new pots being shipped to us.
The new docent training class stopped in with Bette to get a birds eye view of us working away.

Seed Collecting & Deer

I went seed collecting and as I was trying to see the rose patch by El Toro/LCH, a “foot step” behind me made me jump, only to find a deer grazing on elderberry. Collected Mountain Mahogany, Golden Yarrow and Golden Stars. Looks like it will be super year for Toyon and Oaks. Click here for current list.

Seed collecting with John. Collected: Mustang mint, onion and Mariposa lily. Black sage seed is abundant. The shrub oak look like they will bear well this year. Click here for current list.