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 elevation.
This is part of my ongoing project to document the changes in our yard from month to month.
April 2019 - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/30/1853888/-The-Daily-Bucket-April-2019-Yard-Report
March 2019 - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/25/1843799/-The-Daily-Bucket-March-2019-Yard-Report
Februry 2019 - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/28/1838201/-The-Daily-Bucket-February-2019-Yard-Report?
January 2019 - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/17/1826599/-The-Daily-Bucket-January-2019-Yard-Report
December 2018 is here https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/30/1822353/-The-Daily-Bucket-December-2018-Yard-Report -
it will list all of the rest of 2018 + December 2017, etc.
This month I tried going somewhat by exception, only things that are blooming, significantly changed, new or otherwise of interest.
It turned out to be chaotic and disorganized, oops. And, as soon as the pictures were off the camera the buddleih started blooming too, plus a few roses, etc. Ah well.
As of May 28, 2019
looking south from back door
different colored geraniums
Santa Barbara Daisies getting serious
naranjas
potted roses near orange tree
spinach chard under the orange tree
geranium west of ribes
amaryllis west of geranium above
Hanging basket onions
ditto
grapes
new milkweed under grapes
new milkweed plus maybe clover just west of ribes
blackberry & part of ribes
guava
fuschia north of patio
Rhododendron
strawberries
pears
apples
suspected oxalis, not the kind that's usually around here
garlic chives
mexican sage
bottle brush
geraniums and salvia
new salvia by mlkweed
R to L, lavender, new salvia, milkweed, another salvia & succulent in pot
another new milkweed by lamb's ear and succulents
salvias
ceanothus, blooms not showing up
the plant that I can never remember, behind the ceanothus
claude fuschia
sticky monkey flower
flowers of culinary sage or clevelandia, not sure which
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Now It's Your Turn
What have you noted happening in your area or travels? As usual post your observations as well as their general location in the comments.
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