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Castro Valley, near Oakland, CA; approx 37.7N by 122W, 400 feet.
This is part of my ongoing project to document the changes in our yard from month to month.
August 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/30/1693832/-The-Daily-Bucket-August-2017-Yard-Report July 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/28/1684722/-The-Daily-Bucket-July-2017-Yard-Report June 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/23/1673196/-The-Daily-Bucket-June-2017-Yard-Report May 2017 is here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/16/1661890/-The-Daily-Bucket-May-2017-Yard-Report April 2017 is here:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/04/11/1650881/-The-Daily-Bucket-April-ish-Yard-Report March 2017 is Here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/03/13/1642539/-The-Daily-Bucket-March-Yard-Report February 2017 is Here:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/15/1632790/-The-Daily-Bucket-February-Yard-Report The January 2017 yard report is Here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/01/21/1622018/-The-Daily-Bucket-January-Yard-Report Previous versions are listed near the top of the December 2016 report: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/29/1615231/-The-Daily-Bucket-December-Yard-Report
We've done a lot of pruning, clean-up, some harvesting. This is as of the 7th.
South from the back door
volunteer parseley
geraniums
rose and more geraniums
false hedge = false cypress, gardenia, coffeeberry
Santa Barbara daisies
pineapple sage & California fuschia
chocolate mint and celery under orange tree
oranges
milkweed
basil in hanging planter
ditto
What was once grapes
some still hanging ribes berries
blackberries
more of same
seriously pruned bunchgrass. wild strawberries, sage and pineapple sage
mystery vine under redbud
heavily pruned fuschia
this was all yucca stumps, now removed
guava
coffeeberry with a few berries left
north from back door
trumpet vines, hydrangeas, roses, rhodies, camillia, potted basil in trays
ditto, another celery on left
misc includes new plantings of napa cabbage and spanish onions
chard and basil in front of lemon
basil & beans in front of strawberries, rhubarb, tomatoes
lemon, some green, some ripe, leaves yellowing
rhubarbs and tomatoes
bay tree, recently "repotted"
tomatoes, epazote, chard
zukes - many start but few survive
napa cabbage, one in each end of zuke box
spanish onions in rear bed
rear bed, flowers, onions, kale
heavily pruned island mallow
strawberries in rear garden plot
apples, it has been raining apples and there are tons left
more apples
front, rosemary, camillia, redbud, sage, irises, etc
garlic chives
mexican sage, also heavily pruned
geraniums
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