March Maintenance

It took until February to get the last plants in the ground from our fall planting project.
With the help of some new supporters, we were able to plant ferns and Oregon grape in the "lower" area where a stump was added with the goal of creating a pool for fish to hang out in, especially during high flows.  Many thanks to the neighbors who came out and lifted shovels with us!

Over Spring Break we worked hard to cut back Himalayan blackberry along the streamside and and dig out the tenacious knuckles left behind.  While a small excavator can be helpful with this work, we used loppers and shovels so as not to disturb the native thimbleberry plants interspersed with the Himalayan blackberry.  There is also a lovely carpet of native trailing blackberry in this area that we tried to gently move aside during this work.  A huge thanks to NALT volunteers who helped with this physically demanding task.  Also, Bruce dug Daphne while the kids bagged ivy.

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