Farm Journal

#Wild Plants

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Shepherd’s purse is popping up all over the place.

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#Clearing Brush#Chipping#Compost

Monday, March 8, 2021

This weekend we finished the two week effort to clear dead manzanita brush and get it ready for chipping. It’s amazing how different the manzanita groves look now. I’m really happy with how it went —…

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#Clearing Brush#Chipping#Water Harvesting#Mishaps

Friday, March 5, 2021

Today I went out to check the rain tank and discovered the replacement clean out valve was leaking in the same spot as the original. Tried to tighten it with a pipe wrench and the whole thing snapped…

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#Dogs

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Pond as it rains Peonies sprouting all over behind garden Comfrey cuttings going off

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#Clearing Brush#Chipping

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Manzanita brush clearing continues...

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#Foraging

Monday, March 1, 2021

Picking manzanita blossoms Used in apple scrap vinegar

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#Clearing Brush#Chipping

Friday, February 26, 2021

Manzanita clearing

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#Pond#Mushrooms

Friday, February 26, 2021

Gnarly mycelium under oak tree + mushroom (Agaricus?)

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#Clearing Brush#Chipping

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

More manzanita clearing

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#Planting#Chipping

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Planting extra chinquapin and more manzanita clearing Huge ground squirrel hole caused the water to rush out of my initial planting location for chinquapin... Did not end up planting here.

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