Thanks to all of you who attended the 4th annual CNGA Field Day at Hedgerow Farms! We had beautiful weather and a great turn out. Below are a few of the highlights from the day. All the photos are by Phil Hogan of the NRCS, who did a great job documenting the day.
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| The road to the entrance of the farm was beautiful with Ceanothus and Lasthenia glabrata (yellow ray goldfields) |
We had two main tours. One was on on straw bales and featured irrigation canals, hedgerows, our habitat area, planting techniques and weed control techniques:
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| The straw bale tour heading to the habitat area |
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| We are currently grazing sheep in the habitat area on the farm for weed control |
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| The tour included a demonstration with our native seed drill |
The second tour was a walking tour featuring many of our flowers, some meadow plantings, landscaping ideas, a tailwater pond and some of our research and development plots:
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| A tour stop looking at a field of Layia chrysanthemoides (smooth tidy tips) |
At lunch we had three speakers who focused on the ecosystem services native grasses and forbs provide.
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| Tom Griggs, with River Partners, talked about what native grasses have taught him about ecology |
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Dr. Truman Young, with UC Davis, Department of Plant Sciences, talked about why native grasses are beneficial
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| Rachael Long, with the UC Cooperative Extension, gave her annual research update with pollinators in hedgerows |
Thank you to everyone who came; a lot was learned and shared!
