Visit 2/2/24
San Francisco TEST PLOT/ January 2024
TERREMOTO SF
TIME: 4:15-5:15pm
DATE: February 2, 2024
TEMP: 55 degrees
WEATHER: PartlyCloudy/ 1.25 Rainbows to the east
WIND (SPEED/DIRECTION): 8mph from the SE
SOIL MOISTURE: Saturated!
PLANTS SIGHTINGS: Lupine and Poppies, still kicking after our weeding day last week
WEED SIGHTINGS: Clover, Vetch, Wild Radish, Dandelion, Mallow, mystery (likely oat) grass
WILDFLIFE SIGHTINGS: A few ladybugs, sawflies (?) buzzing under the pine, unidentified birds chirpin’
HUMAN ACTIVITY: Single man w/ two dogs walking the path; Traffic sound from the highway is strong
GENERAL NARRATIVE: Last week we spent a dreamy Friday afternoon pulling weeds together. It was humbling to try to figure out the best way to do this. There were definitely some natives tucked into the mass of green, but they were tangled up from root to tip with all of the non-natives. Also, we couldn’t be sure of what the grasses were so we didn’t want to start pulling before we could identify them. We talked in circles and changed our minds a few times over, but ultimately settled on the following approach:
- Identify and flag native plants within the plots to a reasonable degree
- Carefully week around the base of these plants taking care not to damage the roots where they are tangled.
- Mulch around the base of the plant
- Try not to completely trample the plots!
Even taking this very gentle approach we noticed that some of the plants got damaged in the process. The lupines especially lacked structural integrity after using the surrounding weeds as a support system, so they flopped right over.
Also worth noting that we concentrated our efforts in the South Hill Plot with a little bit of weeding in the Pine Plot. We didn’t touch the East Bluff.
Checking back on the weeding that we did on the that day in the Pine and South Hill Plots : some of the areas remain a little trampled, but the natives we flagged and weeded are still there, still alive. Phew!
East Bluff Plot appears to be ALL WEEDS, no natives identified. The grass was trampled down there too. Who did it? YS speculates wind.
SW+YS
San Francisco TEST PLOT/ January 2024
TERREMOTO SF
TIME: 4:15-5:15pm
DATE: February 2, 2024
TEMP: 55 degrees
WEATHER: PartlyCloudy/ 1.25 Rainbows to the east
WIND (SPEED/DIRECTION): 8mph from the SE
SOIL MOISTURE: Saturated!
PLANTS SIGHTINGS: Lupine and Poppies, still kicking after our weeding day last week
WEED SIGHTINGS: Clover, Vetch, Wild Radish, Dandelion, Mallow, mystery (likely oat) grass
WILDFLIFE SIGHTINGS: A few ladybugs, sawflies (?) buzzing under the pine, unidentified birds chirpin’
HUMAN ACTIVITY: Single man w/ two dogs walking the path; Traffic sound from the highway is strong
GENERAL NARRATIVE: Last week we spent a dreamy Friday afternoon pulling weeds together. It was humbling to try to figure out the best way to do this. There were definitely some natives tucked into the mass of green, but they were tangled up from root to tip with all of the non-natives. Also, we couldn’t be sure of what the grasses were so we didn’t want to start pulling before we could identify them. We talked in circles and changed our minds a few times over, but ultimately settled on the following approach:
- Identify and flag native plants within the plots to a reasonable degree
- Carefully week around the base of these plants taking care not to damage the roots where they are tangled.
- Mulch around the base of the plant
- Try not to completely trample the plots!
Even taking this very gentle approach we noticed that some of the plants got damaged in the process. The lupines especially lacked structural integrity after using the surrounding weeds as a support system, so they flopped right over.
Also worth noting that we concentrated our efforts in the South Hill Plot with a little bit of weeding in the Pine Plot. We didn’t touch the East Bluff.
Checking back on the weeding that we did on the that day in the Pine and South Hill Plots : some of the areas remain a little trampled, but the natives we flagged and weeded are still there, still alive. Phew!
East Bluff Plot appears to be ALL WEEDS, no natives identified. The grass was trampled down there too. Who did it? YS speculates wind.
SW+YS
South Hill Plot
North Pine Plot
East Bluff Plot
Unknown Fine Textured Grass
Vetch, Clover & Non-Native Grasses
Unknown Large Leafed Weed
More Fine Textured Grass Amongst Larger Non-Native Grass
Looking East Towards San Francisco Bay from Atop Starr King
Lupine Cup
California Poppy
Ladybug Activity
Rainbow!
Plant IDing