Re: Is it winter?
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:12 pm
Chief, thanks for sharing the interesting notes on California-Sierra water supply that match what I've noticed. More attention given to groundwater data would be fun to follow. I haven't paid close attention, but I doubt the story is as rosey in the deeper southwest.
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Peninsula, although I won't pursue it living where I do, the bristlecone pine is what caught my interest the most.
There are also some huge, fast growing, and interesting to admire deodore cedars across the creek from my backyard.
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Sounds a lot like the trendiness I've noticed with the aptos blue in many places, including in shopping centers and along sun beaten walls down the street from me (we do get intense heat waves here most summers, but nothing like the constant dry heat of the Valley). Your yard sounds a lot like my dad's, but he's been going with aptos blue in the last few years as he adds more redwoods. It works under the shade of the majestic old oaks. He's also lucky to live near the Sacramento River and next to a well lot. When his fences fell down in big winter storms, he expanded his yard onto a P.G. & E. easement, as well as onto the well lot. Eventually a subdivision went in behind him, requiring a back fence to cut off the P.G. & E. section, but the city water workers actually started to immitate his redwood plantings among the oaks and left a large swath of land for him to tend to behind a row of oleanders that they added. He likes to plant giant pumpkins there, among many other fruits and vegetables in the sunny areas.
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Peninsula, although I won't pursue it living where I do, the bristlecone pine is what caught my interest the most.
There are also some huge, fast growing, and interesting to admire deodore cedars across the creek from my backyard.
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butitsadryheat wrote:I have 4 redwoods in my backyard and side yard, but they are not the Aptos Blue, they are the true Santa Cruz variety that you see on the coast...We have seen a large die off of Aptos Blue here, not only because they are not native to here, but many people plant them near walls and streets, where they get oppressive radiant heat. Mine have at least 6 inches of duff built up under them over the years, and are set back from the heat...oak...nice understory of Japanese Maples that no longer get the wind burn they used to, and they get great color now.
Sounds a lot like the trendiness I've noticed with the aptos blue in many places, including in shopping centers and along sun beaten walls down the street from me (we do get intense heat waves here most summers, but nothing like the constant dry heat of the Valley). Your yard sounds a lot like my dad's, but he's been going with aptos blue in the last few years as he adds more redwoods. It works under the shade of the majestic old oaks. He's also lucky to live near the Sacramento River and next to a well lot. When his fences fell down in big winter storms, he expanded his yard onto a P.G. & E. easement, as well as onto the well lot. Eventually a subdivision went in behind him, requiring a back fence to cut off the P.G. & E. section, but the city water workers actually started to immitate his redwood plantings among the oaks and left a large swath of land for him to tend to behind a row of oleanders that they added. He likes to plant giant pumpkins there, among many other fruits and vegetables in the sunny areas.