Thursday, June 21, 2018

A proposal for experimental restoration of long-term bare ground die-off sites at Seward Park

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Submitted to Seattle Parks & Verdant LLC on May 31st 2018 Here for your consideration and critique is my strawman proposal for expe...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Fort Worden Recovery

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Darrell Howe reports on a recent visit to Fort Worden that the ferns we thought were dying in 2017 are in fact recovering, sprouting new fid...
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Thursday, April 5, 2018

What's Next? A proposal to plant Oregon Grape from native seed

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My initial shock has diminished - at the broad loss of sword ferns to the north of Ground Zero, between the Hatchery enclosure and the sqebe...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Invasive Earthworms?

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Astute reader Betsy Dowling, a Seattle native now studying urban horticulture at Mesa Community College in Arizona, noticed the similarity b...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018

A Lazarus Fern?

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When I returned to Ground Zero a week after the two lines of twelve ferns were planted, in order to take the first set of time-lapse photos,...

Experimental planting at Seward Park

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In February we planted three lines of young sword ferns, twelve ferns in each line.  These ferns were part of our annual generous allotment ...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Report of Die-off in Snohomish County: Lord Hill Regional Park

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Amy Lucas, Senior Park Planner with Snohomish County Parks, reports: We recently received a citizen report of a similar die-off at our L...
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