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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!
Happy new year!
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…
12-6-08
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).…
Saturday November 29th
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.
November 26th
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…
Saturday November 22
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…
First visit to the greenbelt
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…
Saturday November 15th
Today was a beautiful day to work in the green belt. We began the work party with invasive species removal, clearing Himalayan Blackberry and English Ivy from a 3,250 sq ft area. While we were removing invasive species we listened to sailor shanties by Trench Mouth. Once we finished invasive removal we began planting. With…