plants

herbals

budget

San_Francisco_Plant_Finder_Data

Are.na / garden design

notes

North Beach ethnobotany garden - Yerba Buena Chapter - CNPS

• drifts: "How do you stop mass planting becoming boring? Breaking up groups into smaller numbers, then repeating throughout the area to form a tapestry is one option. Visual interruptions of uprights rising above your blocks is another, to add height and draw your eye through the space."
• on mulch: http://www.realgardensgrownatives.com/?p=3673
• https://yerbabuenanursery.com/Medicinal_Plants.php
• http://www.gardenawillows.org/nativeplantbevrecipes.pdf
• Elderberries grow rapidly after the Establishment Phase. If training your Elderberry into a tree, yearly pruning is essential during the first 5 to 6 years to establish a good form. New growth can be rampant – 1-2 feet or more per branch – in the spring. The new growth is relatively soft; the weight of developing berries causes the branches to droop in a ‘weeping’ pattern almost like a Weeping Willow. The trick to achieving a good tree form is to prune out downward- and outward-growing branches and prune back to upward-growing branches/buds. Pruning should be done in winter, when the plant is dormant. Never prune more than 1/3 of the total mass or you’ll risk harming the plant. Keep an eye out for suckering – remove suckers from trunk as they emerge in spring. After 5-6 years you’ll still need to prune out dead/diseased branches and branches that cross/rub – but you’ll need to prune for shape less.
• Yarrow is also said to intensify the flavors of herbs planted near it.
• pay this man to build you a potting bench (/ cold frame ?) https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/grd/d/san-leandro-potting-work-benches/7298626835.html

books:

Wild Edible Plants of the western U.S.-------Donald Kirk

Common Edible and Useful Plants of the West----Muriel Sweet

Early Uses of California Plants---Edward K. Balls

Indian Uses of Native Plants---Edith Van Allen Murphey