Seed Collecting

Jason and I went collecting today at the south part of the park looking for plants in the maritime chaparral. We found 2 of the 3 I was looking for: red berry and bush rue. Lemonade berry was a brilliant orange, so we couldn’t pass that up. On the way back to Willow, Mr Rattlesnake, Southern Pacfic, was laying across Bommer. See video of snake: click here. (Click any pic to enlarge)

Seed Collecting

I went seed collecting today with Jason. We collected 1-2 years worth of purple needle grass, N. pulchra, at Big Bend and near entrance. We also scored Juncus Textiles, pictured; and Juncus acutus, which was a real find as the only other source was at the end of Emerald Canyon. This looks to be a good seed collecting year: variety and quantity. LOTS of ticks and poison ivy.

Work Day #12/13: bumping up

Drew and Kellan potted 40 plants on April 5. Weeded… this get out of hand under the benching… only to have Ceanothus eaten by slugs/snails. That problem is now resolved.
Beth bumped up Dudleya into 20 give-away pots. John and Drew bumped up 70 tree-shrubs into 5 gallon pots, with 9-month slow release fertilizer and mycorrhizae inoculated. David and I fixed the plumbing bib to accommodate a 2nd line for the irrigation system.
To make it all fun, it was very hot day. 101F in the Nursery shade structure. Bette, as she does many times, supplied tasty pastries.