A WORKDAY PETALUMA CONSERVATION CORP

THIS WAS A VOLUNTEER WORKDAY I PARTICIPATED IN ONE WEEK END. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 10 VOLUNTEERS AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE MORE FOLKS. THEY ADVERTIZED THAT THEY WERE SEVING A LUCH TO US AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE COLD BUT IT WAS HOT. THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF WEEDING PROJECTS IN THEIR ORCHARD AND SOME FOLKS WERE PAINTING A GLUE AROUND THE TREES TO KEEP THE ANTS FROM DESTROYING THE TREES. THE WORK WAS TEDIOUS AND I USED A HAND TOOL TO DIG UP THE ROOTS. WE HAD TO SORT THE TYPE OF WEEDS WE PULLED OUT. SOME WERE INVASIVE AND COULD NOT BE PUT IN THEIR COMPOST PILE.

THEY FINALLY BROKE FOR LUNCH AND HAD ALL SORTS OF FOOD AND SALAD. I COULD NOT EAT THAT MUCH AS IT WAS SO HOT. THEY HAD A BAND OF BLUEGRASS PLAYING FOR US AND A WOMAN DOING SOME YOGA. THE CREW WAS FROM THE SANTA ROSA CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORP AND I NOTICED THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE DID NOT WEAR HATS. WHEN I WAS YOUNG I DON'T THINK I DI EITHER UNTIL I WENT TO ARIZONA. SINCE THERE WERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE IT SEEMED AS IF WE MADE JUST A LITTLE PROGRESS. THEY SOME UNSUAL TREES SUCH AS AN CROSS BETWEEN AN APRICOT AND A PLUM, APPLE, AN PEAR TREES.

I HAVE TRIED TO GROW A PEAR TREE BUT IT GOT A RUST ON IT, JUST LIKE THESE. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE SPRAYED WITH AN ORGANIC COMPOUND.