Nature Blog

It had been awhile since we visited our Cooper site. The growback was manageable and today we focused on an area that had been previously maintained very well. Our primary task was to pull up 2nd/3rd growth blackberry through an already sheet mulched area, and we focused on minimizing disruption of the underlying cardboard. The…

On Tues. and Thurs. we have a group out from Truman High School and The Big Picture school. The two groups collaboration will result in a phenomenal change to one of the greenbelts lesser used and lesser appealing trails. With their forces combined they will orchestrate the initial process for starting a project, compile a…

Today we had a larger work party of 50 people. We hosted 38 students from Seattle Pacific University (SPU) and it was also an open work party. The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) also joined us to work on their site in the lower Soundway. We split up into three groups; the first group worked…

Today we had a very fervent group of fifth graders come out from Tilden Elementary. As we started our hike in, we stopped a little ways in to talk to our young guests about producers, consumers, and decomposers. They became engaged with an activity which displayed a food web and the importance of the functions…

The rain was pouring Saturday Sept. 20, but it was no worry for our small group. We took on 900 sq. ft. of second growth Himalayan blackberry. Some in which had been growing up from underneath some coconut husk called coir. As it got colder and wetter, our morale was boosted by the sweet tunes…

Today, Friday (12th) the weather was beautiful as we had a large and enthusiastic group of 64 adults that came out from Microsoft for the United way Day of Caring event.As people arrived, we got kicked off doing some maintenance digging of Himalayan blackberries. Some worked on large root balls, while others partook in the…