Redbuds

GI Joe Hall of Fame Duke Figure New Never Removed from Box 1991 Hasbro 5+Vintage Action Man Goal Keeper Hard Hands Figure VGCPalitoy 1982 Action Force Z Force Infantryman Unpunched moc carded free UK post

About eighteen years ago I was enrolled in a Nursery Management class at the College of Marin and our instructor always had plant propagules to share with his students. One day he took a bag of moist perlite full of stratified, and germinating redbud seeds from the refrigerator to share with the class. I took a dozen or so to grow on; but it wasn’t until several years later that I noticed some minor differences in the leaves of certain specimens: some were fully rounded, or with a slightly indented notch, others showed a delicate little tip to the rounded form; making the leaf almost a heart shape.  

Micro-Habitats; Knowing Your Land

My husband and I live on a south facing hillside situated above the Novato Creek floodplains; it’s a beautiful, warm, and sunny spot with a great vantage point. Our hill, called Cherry Hill on some maps, is a part of one of the ridges extending from Mt. Burdell, the 3rd highest peak in Marin County, and we’re directly facing Big Rock Ridge, the 2nd highest spot in Marin. When the skies are clear, we can actually see just a little tip of Mt. Tamalpais, the highest peak in Marin! To the east, we can see the twin peaks of Mt. Diablo, which is the highest peak of all in our area and therefore the base meridian of much of northern California.

GI JOE SIGMA 6 LT. STONE (MASTER OF DISGUISE) 2006 NRFB MIP G.I. JOE 25th Anniversary BAZOOKA Missile Specialist Soldier GI JOE Toy 200712-inch Action Figure Dolls Casually Cool Outfits Clothes Clothing Set 1 6 Scale

Even so, with not much more than an inch of rain, I’m witnessing an almost instantaneous re-greening of the landscape! Within days thousands of seeds are germinating; lots of grasses, and a great variety of weeds and wildflowers. This is where the fun begins. I love the challenge of identifying these minute plantlets. Sometimes I’m already so familiar with the plant that I know it from the cotyledons, but very often I need to see the first true leaves before I really know what they are.

Thinking About Weeds

POPTOYS Red Female Commander Suits F27-B PU Clothing Short Dress F 12 FiguresTokyo Marui G-13 Desert Eagle 50AE Magazine (Genuine Parts) Made in Japan1 30 Wounded Allied Pilots (2 pcs)3R DID DRAGON IN DREAMS 1 6TH SCALE WW2 JAPANESE IJA 32ND ARMY EQUIPMENT TAKUYA

POP TOYS F15 Nikita Female Agent Leather Coat Suit Purple 1 6 NO BODY HEAD SWORDALL ORIGINAL Mego American West BUFFALO BILL Type 1 T1 8 Action Figure Laylax Satellite Delta Sling Type I 131720 GreenRG) RangerGI Joe 1987 Marauder 100% Complete w Dodger Driver Figure ARAHGI Joe Vintage 2002 Cobra Rattler Jet Vehicle W blueeprints RARE

Here’s where my thoughts about weeds differ from those of many others; weeds are not all bad!