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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.
May 2019 - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/11/1862986/-The-Daily-Bucket-May-2019-Yard-Report
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.
As of June 14, 2019
looking south from back door
more geraniums
naranjas
milkweed, surrounded by probable white clover
variant geranium starting to bloom out
amaryllis
grapes
new milkweed under grapes
5' tall hollyhocks
strawberry groundcover, bunchgrass and sage
two sages plus bunchgrass
sage buds
apricot, now ripening
santa barbara dasies
succulents and lilacs north of back door
hydrangea
fuschia north of patio
beans starting and a strawberry
beans - we've already harvested a few
tomatoes
chards
front raised bed, mulched with leaves
rear raised bed, ditto
strawberries
gerbera daisies
pears
apples
sticky monkey pod, fading
mexican sage
salvia and succulent
succulent above
geraniums and salvia
mlkweed
buddleiat
new milkweed, lamb's ear and succulents
the one I can never remember
salvias
bottlebush
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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.
Thank you.
Heading up to the Sierras, but June is almost gone, so my apologies for being absent again