The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or flowers. All are worthy additions to the bucket. Please let us know what is going on around you in a comment. Include, as close as is comfortable for you, where you are located. Each note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the patterns that are quietly unwinding around us. |
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.
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 month is a bit abridged because it is July. Things are mostly bloomed out, the Apricots, Pears and Beans are picked, critters are raiding the tomatoes and so are we, etc.
So here we go:
This is all late July.
rear of house looking south
volunteer parsley among the succulents
Geranium, Roses, pineapple sge, orange, ribes at the fence
quasi hedge of false cypresses and gardenia, apricot
pineapple sage, dusty miller, California fuschia, orange
orange with wild strawberries under
celery from base and ?
ribes, blackberry to its left, redbud branches
ribes, blackberry, redbud, creeping strawberries, grass, sage, pineapple sage
creeping strawberries, grass, sage, pineapple sage, fuschia
volunteer mint, milkweed,
milkweed
hanging garlic, green onions were harvested
grape vine(s)
grapes
focus is on the creeping wild strawberries to the right of the path
coffeeberry berries
what we get instead of guavas
SAnta Barbara daisies
rubber plant, lavender, succulent
trumpet vine blloming
strawberries, rhubarb, roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, san marzano tomatoes,
Lemon
gerbera daisies
misc
the overwintered chard, much bolted and much was picked
epazote between the chard and tomatoes
zukes in raised bed 1
some beans and some kale in raised bed 2
poppy, probably a second bloom
strawberries near raised beds produces a few each week
apple, some are larger, but this is probably average
sages clevelandia still has a cuple of blooms
succulent behind the front redbud finally blooming
mexican sage still has a few tired blooms
front germanium ditto
salvia under blue spruce still has some blooms
lambs ear
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