Adios invasive Ivy

Om Nama Shivay!
On a foggy day 12/28 we've been freeing from Ivy the pines, eucalyptus and redwoods around the east medow and road to Wawona exit. The Ivy is chocking those trees, axfitiating and parasiting on them. They feel free now, but the ivy outnumber us & will b back

Next projects: Sava Swimming Pool

Sava Pool is a public swimming pool that just reopened its doors on 12/19/11  Weeding the exteriors, Hedging and  cleaning the ares from weeds and trash

Power edging the segment from 19th to 20th on Wawona st and pulling weeds on the frontal access to the facility 

  
Replacing all death plants removing then, and future planting 

Future Gardening Projects

Pruning, trimming and hedging at Stern Grove on 19th & Wawona Access 

Mowing meadow,  Pruning, removing death leaves on Palms 

Trimming and Hedging Shrubs 

Digging basins for plants on a slope

This project is located between the Trocadero and the BBQ pits on Stern Grove, the images below show the work made on the slope which consisted in clearing the ground area by hand, shovels, spades and string trimmer from Ivy, debris, trash, roots, runners, grass and rocks. We removed Ivy from the trees as well.
 Later the work focused more on the soil aerating, rotating and preparing soil to plant shrubs, coffe beans  and fuchsias.




Since it is a slope,  I made basins around the plants and created water paths to retain the water, birds are taking showers, plants are growing, it requires watering once a week. 

Fare well old Magnolia

The trash truck hit the old Magnolia tree and got stucked 

The driver tried to move it back and forth...

... Until the tree was broken

We called the tree topper crew and work with them in the removal of the tree

Mushrooms all over!

All over the parks  you can find diverse fungi, some people come harvesting them. This collection of pictures will soon add classification and  perhaps an available, natural source of food. Stay tunned.

Pulling ivy

The Ivy in Stern Grove is out of control!  It has grown beyond limits and literally is swallowing the trees, pathways and everything is under. I worked on a project removing Ivy from the main entrance to the park on 19th and Sloat, all the way down to  Trocadero. There are hundreds of trees that are covered by Ivy, most of them are eucalyptus, redwood trees and pines.
I unburied  stone walls and steps made in the original plan, great architectural work that was disappeared.
This effort requires a troop effort, plus spraying for the final eradication of this weed.   The blackberry is another plant grown out of balance, it also requires major control.