Late winter storms have deposited heaps of bull kelp along the shores over the past week. I had some success experimenting with kelp as a material for furniture last year but am not yet ready to take advantage of its availability in production. I’d love to hear from anyone who has seen kelp used in […]
Category Archives: flora and fauna
The Week in Bloom
Ene and I hiked through the forest, along Willow Creek to the coast. Usually a gushing torrent this time of year, the creek was a barely audible gurlge beneath the mossy bays and redwood. Along the way,we spotted many new wild blossoms, including several that we could not identify. Please let me know if you […]
The Week in Bloom
Steady rains this week brought silvery skies and an new burst of blossoms, including:
Orchard Report
With the return of rain in the forecast, the apple farmers are making piles of trimmings from a later than usual winter pruning. Delaying the blossoms this way helps to ensure a healthy crop and timely harvest of apples this fall. ivermectin cream long term use ???? ???????? These trees are not sprayed, so the […]
The Week in Bloom
Ene and I began the week in Oakland’s China Town preparing for a rush of meetings and site visits for a fast-tracked public art project. It was Chinese New Year and the cacophonous stutter of firecrackers cleansed the streets and businesses of evil spirits, their exploded carcasses littering lovely patterns on the sidewalk. As we […]
In Clover
The meadows and I are fully in clover right now.
Black Acacia Blooms
The rains have returned and the air on the way to town is sweetened by newly bursting blossoms of black acacia (Acacia melanoxlyon). A relative of koa, wood from black acacia is dense and reddish-orange, with deep streaks of burgundy brown, and white sapwood. Properly cured, the wood is stable and resistant to rot and […]