[APWG] Funding a 70-acre weed-back-to-native project with donations

[Wayne Tyson]

What, exactly, does "99.99% weed-infested" mean? 

What, excatly, does "99.99% weed-free" mean? 

WT
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: craig at astreet.com 
  To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org 
  Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:12 PM
  Subject: [APWG] Funding a 70-acre weed-back-to-native project with donations


  Dear All,

  'Phase one of the Poppy Project is completed in Palo Alto, California, with very good results, using the weed straw to kill the annual weed seedlings within 60 days of the seedlings sprouting.  It is so very nice to be able to kill the weeds with their own straw.

  The whole 70 acre project is going to be done with donations, and I am trying GoFundMe as one way to fund this weeds-back-to-native conversion project,, as you can see at http://www.gofundme.com/3yiq8s.

  I have been waiting over four decades for the local government agencies or public land managers to get the funding together to do a project like this in my area, and since I will turn 60 in a few months, decided to see if the public might support the project directly, so we can get something going during my lifetime.

  As far as I know, this will be only the fourth project in California, to take a 100% weed infested grassland ecosystem >10 acres, and try and convert it back to the original local wildflowers and native grasses.  You can see photos of the potential of what California used to look like 300 years ago, before we got 99.99% weed infested at http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.html.

  My project is right next to the parking lot at the Palo Alto Arastradero Preserve, so anyone is welcome to come and watch as the project progresses.  All the native animals are coming to visit,, a coyote, butterflies, hundreds of bumblebees in spring,  two doves, gophers, a rabbit and a couple of lizards, within a few months of establishing the natives as a solid 99.99% weed-free stand.

  Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333



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