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Castro Valley, near Oakland, CA; approx 37.7N by 122W, 400 feet.
This is part of my ongoing project to document the changes in our yard from month to month.
January 2018 is here:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/31/1737413/-The-Daily-Bucket-January-2018-Yard-Report
December 2017 is here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/19/1725283/-The-Daily-Bucket-December-2017-Yard-Report
This is almost all as of February 8. There has been radical change since
windowsill leeks (now transplanted to pots outside)
ditto
green onion start (also transplanted outside)
looking south from back door
succulent blooming
geraniums
ditto plus daffs
daffs, another geranium, pineapple sage on left
Santa Barbara Daisies and weeds
pineapple sage
oranges
ribes
bunch grass + weeds (moving left from ribes)
salvia, calla lilies, pineapple sage
pineapple sage
calla lilies
milkweed (back by grapes)
amaryllis
grapes (invisible = finally pruned)
hanging green onions
succulent where yucca stump was
guava
apricot
ditto
jade plant north of back door
ditto
fuschia and ferns
camillia and bay - long shot
celery regrow
an older celery regrow plus misc
rhododendron, camillia, bay
chard, strawberries, rhubarb, succulent thyme, in front of lemon
same with more rhubarb to right of thyme
bay
epazote (black pot) onions and green onions
daffs
savoy cabbages with weeds (near cabbage is now blooming)
mallow
ditto
"green" onions (failed bulb onions
kale (has now been translpanted to bed with cabbages)
onions and epazote
pear
closeup
apple
irises and rosemary
rosemary blossoms
front camillia
succulent and sages under redbud
garlic chives with oxalis
poppies (left) and sticky monkey pod
ring of irises by camillia
mexican sage
alyssium
bunch grasses
salvia and geranium
palm
buddleiah
blooming aloe(?) and jade plant
salvia under blue spruce
rose by jade plant
ceanothus bloom, true color is purple
ditto
fuschia to left of ceanothus and ? behind
another fuschia by barberry
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