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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What, exactly, does "99.99% weed-infested" mean?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What, excatly, does "99.99% weed-free" mean?
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:12
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [APWG] Funding a 70-acre
weed-back-to-native project with donations</DIV>
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<P>Dear All,</P>
<P>'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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Sincerely, Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333</P>
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