MAY AT THE BURN SCAR
Community Workday
By Hannah Pae
Burn Scar volunteer, Terremoto designer
TIME: 8:00-11:30am
DATE: May 17, 2024
TEMP: n/a
WEATHER: overcast
WIND (SPEED/DIRECTION): n/a
SOIL MOISTURE: dry
PLANTS SIGHTINGS:
-Clarkia superbloom
-California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
-California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)
WEED SIGHTINGS:
-Black mustard (Brassica nigra)
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS:
-Eucalyptus leaf beetle larvae (Chrysophtharta m-fuscum)
Brought out the scythes and cut back a lot of the flowering black mustard surrounding the test plot before they went to seed, mulched, and hand-weeded.
Bringing mulch up the hill from the parking lot to the site in wheelbarrows has continued to be a physically strenuous and time consuming affair, so we’ve prioritized mulching around new plants before spreading elsewhere on the test plot.
Community Workday
By Hannah Pae
Burn Scar volunteer, Terremoto designer
TIME: 8:00-11:30am
DATE: May 17, 2024
TEMP: n/a
WEATHER: overcast
WIND (SPEED/DIRECTION): n/a
SOIL MOISTURE: dry
PLANTS SIGHTINGS:
-Clarkia superbloom
-California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
-California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)
WEED SIGHTINGS:
-Black mustard (Brassica nigra)
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS:
-Eucalyptus leaf beetle larvae (Chrysophtharta m-fuscum)
Brought out the scythes and cut back a lot of the flowering black mustard surrounding the test plot before they went to seed, mulched, and hand-weeded.
Bringing mulch up the hill from the parking lot to the site in wheelbarrows has continued to be a physically strenuous and time consuming affair, so we’ve prioritized mulching around new plants before spreading elsewhere on the test plot.
