Nature Blog

Today was our first work party back from break and it was a cold one. Thankfully, things managed to warm up a bit once we started with our sheet mulching. It was a small group, but a good one: we mulched 567 sq. ft. After taking a frigid 15 minute break, we got right back…

It looked like it was going to pour all day Saturday, but the group we had out totally lucked out. We started off our morning with initial removal. We managed to remove 1 cu.yd. of Himalayan blackberry rootballs from the bramble that our friends at University Prep took down the Wednesday before thanksgiving (see 11-26-08).…

Even though it was the Saturday after Thanksgiving we didn’t take the day off, and our group accomplished a lot. Today we planted 32 Salal and we put mulch rings around them. We also maintained a 300 sq ft area.

It turned out to be a beautiful day. We worked at our Cooper Elementary Site today with University Prep. We began the day by removing 10,000 sq ft of invasive Himalayan Blackberry and by staging a 50,000 sq ft area with plants. While we were working we took some time to enjoy the snacks brought…

We were fortunate and today turned out to be a beautiful day. A large group of volunteers came out and we had to split into two different groups. Altogether we were able to remove 4,000 sq ft of invasive Himalayan Blackberry and maintain 193 ft of trail. (above) youth volunteers holding Himalayan blackberry root ball…

Today our elementary school students came out for their first visit to the greenbelt. As they arrived, we gave them a history of the greenbelt and an overview of what they would be doing. In giving the history of the site, we explained the bad condition that the greenbelt used to be in. The Himalayan…