Category: Fish Trails
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The pile is gone!
contributed by Roberto Gaitan You can imagine our surprise at seeing our huge debris pile was gone! It had simply been normal to see it there every time we worked. I will have to say, I’m happy my stump was hauled away! The recent rain has helped keep our plants growing really well. Unfortunately, the…
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Fish Trails update
contributed by Roberto Gaitan It has been a while since an update has been given on our work. Not much to say but the work keeps going. Our cleared area continues to grow as we clear guinea grass and cut out way through Brazilian Pepper. Little by little, we keep moving forward.
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What happened to the stump?
contributed by Roberto Gaitan Yes, the stump had not been removed…until today! Besides our guinea grass, we cleaned a palm along the trail. We also added new plants to the pollinator garden: scorpion tail, zizotes, coreopsis, mistflower, frogfruit, coastal germander, and scarlet sage. Over by the bog, we added some water clover.
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Expanding the cleared area…
contributed by Roberto Gaitan We started clearing a new area as we seek to extend the trail westward along the road. It’s slow going but feels good to go beyond where we started. The flower bed we started with is looking good. We brought our own host to extend the hose of the Fish Hatchery…
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The new garden takes shape…
contributed by Roberto Gaitan We worked at Fish Trails this morning trimming trails and picking up grass hay from the mower. We also finished prepping the bed for the pollinator plants so it’s ready for compost and plants.
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After a week…
contributed by Roberto Gaitan After a week away due to weather and the beach cleanup, it was great to get back to Fish Trails. Barbara had visited during the week to make sure to water the plants so everything looked good. We added a few new plants to fill in some gaps in the upper…