carnage

Fourteen young women and one teacher from Santa Catalina did a very nice job ripping out hemlock on the levee between upper and lower Cattail Swale during a day of environmental stewardship. They left the piles to rot in the middle of the trail. Students from Santa Catalina school worked on this levee last season too.

In the exposed bare soil, we planted needlegrass and other native plants. We'll keep plugging away at this levee for the next several years, working our way around the two freshwater ponds, restoring native vegetation and removing invasive weeds.

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Women Growing Natives

On Saturday, ten women who grow California native plants and run nurseries from Marin to Carmel, gathered at the Acterra nursery in Palo Alto to connect and share experiences.

 

We talked about soil, shadehouses, propagation, mother beds. . . 

 

Perhaps the first of many gatherings. We were inspired and connected. These are the people who speak the same language as me.