The Daily Bucket - November 2017 Yard Report

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.

October 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/30/1710449/-The-Daily-Bucket-October-2017-Yard-Report September 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/26/1700246/-The-Daily-Bucket-September-2017-Yard-Report 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

This is as of the 24th. I forgot to shoot the apple up close - there are still a lot of apples on it.

Looking south from back door, same old stuff, not much blooming. Barely visible is one pink rose bloom I noticed after this was done. 

further along: pineapple sage & Cal. fuschia, both heavily pruned, orange and south ribes.

looking east down false hedge to apricot (heavily pruned) and guava (in box)

top of apricot

pineapple sage and Cal fuschia both have a few blooms, orange still fruit heavy

zoom of above

random section of orange tree

The south ribes which was pruned down to the fence top in late summer

blackberry on tomato trellis, bunchgrass in lower left corner

west from ribes: milkweed, amarillis, hanging planters with basil and grapes

east from ribes: bunchgrass, culinary sage, pineapple sage, heavily pruned fuschia to left of pineapple sage and calla lily stalk to left of that

closeup of pineapple sage

some calla lilies

the guava, apricot to its left

north from back door

hydrangeas and ferns in front of trumpet vine trellis

scheffleria and rhody

rhody, camillia and bay, which is ailing

same plus the conifer which partly shades the garden maybe a juniper

onions, napa cabbage, celery, assorted other

basil, basil + bean, romas, cherry tomatoes, behind same is basil and rainbow chard, strawberries, rhubarb, thyme, and lemon behind that

same with dead section of lemon (this is a seriously old lemon)

better view of lemon

dead portion

eapzote (gone to seed) and more onions

the mallow, pruned nearly to fence top and thinned

a mallow bud, already

rear (shady) bed, onions, oxalis and kale

long view from east

pear and apple

gerbera daisies bloomed out

northern ribes

napa cabbage at the western end of the front, sunnier, bed

strawberries being overrun by weeds

view of the shady bed from the west

area where yucca stump was removed, nothing growing yet

rosemary and camillia

sages, sedum, succulents and creeping time beneath redbud

garlic chives with seed heads

bunchgrasses, sages, geranium, mini palm  and succulent to left of hedge

mexican sage starting to bloom seriously now, ceanothus behind, succulent to right signpost

the salvias between the mexican sage and ceanothus, starting to bloom, and the bush behind the ceanothus

barberry doing its thing

What have you noted happening in your area or travels? As usual post your observations as well as their general location in the comments.    

Thank you.