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1/31/09
Today was a beautiful day. We began the day by removing invasive Himalayan blackberry and we removed a total of 6414 sq ft of blackberry. We also removed Evergreen blackberry farther up the hill. While we were working we listened to Amy Denio on the clarinet. Once we finished maintaining an area we were able…
Bare Roots
We had a pretty good sized group for planting today. The red flags in the picture were placed to indicate where to plant the bare root conifers. To plant these trees, we use a tool called a dibble to make the hole. Holes dug for bare root Indian plum, which we also planted today, only…
Remember the interns?
Today we worked with private contractors hired by the City of Seattle to help finish the slope we started with EarthCorps. We committed our entire day to planting. All in all we got 81 plants and trees in the ground: 25 hazelnut, 8 Oregon ash, 15 salal, 6 Douglas fir, 4 vine maple, 6 lady…
January 24, 2009
We started the day with invasive removal, and we were able to remove 600 sq ft of invasive Himalayan blackberry. While we were working, we listened to Marc Smason on the trumpet. After the blackberry removal, we moved on to sheet mulching. We were able to sheet mulch 300 sq ft. Once we finished mulching,…
MLK Day — A day of Service
It started out as a foggy day, but by then end of it the sun shone through just like our efforts. We had a whopping 122 people out at our MLK day event. People were really in the spirit of service and came prepared to volunteer. Thank you again to everyone who participated and made…
Saturday January 17, 2009
Today was a nice day for restoration. We removed 600 sq.ft. of virgin Himalayan blackberry continuing the work on the slope we had done with EarthCorps. Along the hillside, there were 30 little ferns that we took out of the ground and placed in pots. Our plan is to re-plant them after the rest of…
Collaborating in restoration
We had a big last couple of weeks. We were selected to receive a Watershed Climate Action Grant from Seattle Public Utilities because of our hard work restoring Seattle’s forests as well as our efforts towards environmental restoration. The grant awarded us one week of Earth Corps crew time and today was their last day.…
Saturday January 10, 2009
Today there was a small but productive group. We managed to sheet mulch this area that may look small, but it is actually 196 sq.ft. As the day pressed on, we completed 700 sq.ft. of blackberry maintenance and planted 7 salal and 7 grand firs. Thank you for a successful day!
