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Volunteer Day November 2, 2019
Thanks volunteers!!! We had a great day starting with coyotes and a little surprise rain/hail before you arrived. The volunteers...
Roxanne
Nov 2, 20191 min read
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Coastal Oaks Come Alive!
Thanks to a local resident Kevin P., who walks his dog on the trail and likes our restoration efforts, we now have several native coastal...
Dan Jamieson
Oct 28, 20191 min read
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New Plants!
Here are plants for the volunteer day Saturday. There are three trees: tecate cypress, coast live oak, and sycamore. There are also lots...
Roxanne
Oct 28, 20191 min read
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Looks Like Spit - Spittle Bugs
Actually this is how spittle bug nymphs hide from predators and the sun while feeding on plant tissue. Recently they covered the golden...
Roxanne
Oct 25, 20191 min read
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Thanks, and Fall is for Yellows
Thanks to Bradley and Linda Middendorf and Chuck Nichols for their help today with the MNT. We planted, watered, potted, spread seeds,...
Dan Jamieson
Oct 5, 20191 min read
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Bladderpods are up!
Transplanted 9 bladderpods from a flat to 4" pots. They were started 9/2/19. Didn't take long!
Roxanne
Sep 28, 20191 min read
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Now an Official Monarch Waystation!
The Monarch Nature Trail is now an official “Monarch Waystation”! Waystations are designated by the MonarchWatch organization, which...
Dan Jamieson
Sep 15, 20191 min read
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Fall Planting
Fall is here and it's time to start some natives for this winter. On Monday I started 3 flats (1/2 each of purple needle grass, giant...
Roxanne
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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Acmon Blue
There are a lot of small butterflies active now along the trail. This Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon) butterfly was nectaring on CA buckwheat...
Roxanne
Aug 28, 20191 min read
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Good Weeds, Bad Weeds
The Monarch Nature Trail is home to a very rare California native plant—the Southern Tarplant. Experts rate the Tarplant as a seriously...
Dan Jamieson
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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Butterflies Still Here!
The Monarch Trail has a variety of native California plants that flower at different times, providing butterflies and other nectar...
Dan Jamieson
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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New Blog!
Starting a blog for the Monarch Nature Trail today. It will cover odds and ends of what is going on at the trail. Today Danny and I...
Roxanne
Aug 17, 20191 min read
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