#orchardfloor

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Such buttery buttercups this spring.⁣ I’m salivating. 🤤 ⁣ #CaliforniaButtercup #RanunculusCalifornicus #orchardfloor #orchardflora #blossoms #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CNfkBINFO9_/?igshid=1wtl04w91v4dl

#californiabuttercup #ranunculuscalifornicus #orchardfloor #orchardflora #blossoms #vulturehill

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Happy #bumblebee hive in the #orchardfloor right next to the driveway this year. #bombus #bumblebees #pollination #notill #soil #soilhealth #notillfarming #organicorchard #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGn_IOJpkw/?igshid=19v8d5l8bq12k

#bumblebee #orchardfloor #bombus #bumblebees #pollination #notill #soil #soilhealth #notillfarming #organicorchard #vulturehill

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#CommonVetch has been enjoying the late mowing here too. ⁣ ⁣ #legumes #fertility #orchardfloor #orchardflora #ViciaSativa #notill #notillorcharding #orchardallies #covercrop #dawn #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnKS66pz_B/?igshid=1p6zih2n0rs0d

#commonvetch #legumes #fertility #orchardfloor #orchardflora #viciasativa #notill #notillorcharding #orchardallies #vulturehill

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⚠️Warning: Dad joke ahead⚠️⁣ ⁣ With my Scottish heritage, it pains me to pull all these beautiful thistles. 🤭⁣ ⁣ At least they are only the Italian ones.⁣ ⁣ #ItalianThistles #orchardflora #CarduusPycnocephalus #italianpioneers #orchardfloor #orchardantagonists #blossoms #vulturehill⁣ ⁣

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOVhUvpBba/?igshid=ja4wnus6jnk7

#italianthistles #orchardflora #carduuspycnocephalus #italianpioneers #orchardfloor #orchardantagonists #blossoms #vulturehill

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Have you heard the legend of the boy scout who fashioned a pipe out of this lethal carrot? ☠️☠️☠️⁣⁣ ⁣ The purple spots are distinctive.⁣ ⁣⁣ #poisonhemlock #ConiumMaculatum #orchardflora #orchardfloor #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CAIUfqZpALc/?igshid=sr2qotobs3ho

#poisonhemlock #coniummaculatum #orchardflora #orchardfloor #vulturehill

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I mowed about 3 acres early in March this year as an experiment to knock down the wild oat grass upper ‘canopy’ and help the ‘understory’ clover out-compete it. I think it worked well. I’ll mow again in late May as usual after the #roseclover sets seed. ⁣ #notill #orchardfloor #orcharding #experiments #trifoliumhirtum #fertility #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7CxiuJZ7l/?igshid=dwn5g5lmty6r

#roseclover #notill #orchardfloor #orcharding #experiments #trifoliumhirtum #fertility #vulturehill

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#Bumblebees abound in this lush carpet of storksbill and clover.⁣ ⁣ #orchardfloor #ErodiumBotrys #Bombus #orchardallies #orchardfauna #pollination #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1zkZAJFET/?igshid=d7wd6lm6c08p

#bumblebees #orchardfloor #erodiumbotrys #bombus #orchardallies #orchardfauna #pollination #vulturehill

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The #orchardfloor is green again.💚😌 . . . .#californiacider #organicorchard #notill #dryfarming #rainyseason #mediterraneanclimate #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-vaDWJ5dp/?igshid=lezcv3fs4vbo

#orchardfloor #californiacider #organicorchard #notill #dryfarming #rainyseason #mediterraneanclimate #vulturehill

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Biggest #DeadMansFoot in the orchard.🍄⁣ ⁣ #MycorhizzalFungi #orchardfungi #orchardfloor #PisolithusTinctorius #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAtlyEFnSL/?igshid=mgwcdgbgot6k

#deadmansfoot #mycorhizzalfungi #orchardfungi #orchardfloor #pisolithustinctorius #vulturehill

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#vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGqvj6pbZf/?igshid=1po0jzjv13g3k

#ventrac #tractors #orchardfloor #growworldclassciderordietrying #vulturehill

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Waiting for the #RoseClover seeds to ripen before I mow. This is how the #covercrop has resown itself the for the last 8 years at #vulturehill.⁣ ⁣ #orchardfloor #orchardflora #TrifoliumHirtum #fertility #clover #legumes #blossoms#orchardallies #orcharding #notill #notillorchard #organicorchard #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/CAf1efmpUDF/?igshid=dexkqooyyu62

#roseclover #covercrop #vulturehill #orchardfloor #orchardflora #trifoliumhirtum #fertility #clover #legumes #orcharding #notill #notillorchard #organicorchard

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#PaeromopusAngusticeps, a California endemic species common here on the #orchardfloor. #millipedes #orchardfauna #orchardallies #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KhlVcJLEk/?igshid=gtgg35yj5r19

#paeromopusangusticeps #orchardfloor #millipedes #orchardfauna #orchardallies #vulturehill

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Thank you gift for all the unharvested 2019 Golden Delicious in the #deerorchard. Can’t say I ever #found a matched pair before. . #deer #orchardfloor #orchardfauna #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-M41npWex/?igshid=19i0n24jeyaf3

#deerorchard #found #deer #orchardfloor #orchardfauna #vulturehill

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When you #topwork your rabbit rescue friend’s tree and he pays you in bunny manure. . #fertility #orchardfloor #organicorchard #vulturehill https://www.instagram.com/p/B974PczJ23L/?igshid=tszazuxt9wo1

#topwork #fertility #orchardfloor #organicorchard #vulturehill

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The self-seeding #clover #covercrop is coming back thick. This will make 7-years now. #orchardfloor #fertility #vulturehill

#orchardfloor #vulturehill #clover #covercrop #fertility

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"#ThornApple," #DaturaStramonium, formed huge patches when we used to disc, but is almost all gone now that we mow. #orchardflora #orchardfloor #jimsonweed #vulturehill

#thornapple #vulturehill #daturastramonium #orchardfloor #jimsonweed #orchardflora