The Daily Bucket - January 2018 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.

December 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/19/1725283/-The-Daily-Bucket-December-2017-Yard-Report

This is as of January 15th. The daffodils are now blooming but not too much else has changed

Looking south from back door

succulent and geranium

false hedge

Santa Barbara Daisies buried in oxalis

L to R coffeeberry, fountain, guava, apricot

pineapple sage and california fuschia

pink germanium

rose bush

another geranium

naranjas

ribes was pruned down to fence top in fall

blackberry

milkweed with amaryllis behind

grapes still an unpruned tangle

oxalis, culinary sage, pineapple sage, fuschia to left, calla lilies ditto

oxalis dense everywhere

calla lilies

where yucca stumps were, guava

guava, coffeeberry, east end of false hedge

apricot

north from back door

east along patio edge, ferns, rhoadie, camillia

chard, strawberries, dormant rhubarb, lemon

bay tree

thyme *behind large pot) epazote, onions

first bed, cabbage at east end

cabbage at west end of first bed

mallow

second bed from east, onions, weeds, kale

strawberries amid the weeds

northern ribes

pear on right, apple on left

apple

also apple

weeds plus hole from yucca stump

rosemary, camillia, irises running off to right

different angle, shows? barberry to right of rosemary

front redbud, sages to right, succulents and irises to right

chives and oxalis in pot, monkeyflower further along walk

monkey flower

mexican sage, ceanothus, escallonia, etc. behind

hedge, salvia, geranium, palm, succulent, buddleiah

ceanothus, escalonia, fuschia, bottlebrush

daffodils coming up through garden oxalis

daffodils coming up along rear of house

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.