Aaron Brown
Aug 1, 2015
Save the Bay
Bryan and Jack
I like Save the Bay because I get to be outdoors and work towards a goal I care about. A typical day involves weeding (pulling out invasive species) and watering the native species. The invasive species are iceberg plants, thistles, and mustard. The iceberg plants are green and red and low to the ground. They are easy to pick out. Typically we use a small, handheld shovel to scrape them out of the ground. As I was scraping these out of the ground, I stepped into an anthill and a bunch of ants started to run into my shoes and up my legs. I had to quit pulling for a while to get all of the ants off. Mustard are also quite easy to pull. We just grab them near the ground and pull. Thistles are the hardest to get rid of. They have small, spiky thistles that irritate the skin. With thistles, we need to use a tool that is like a hammer that helps us hack away at the root of the thistle. The roots are very strong, so it can take a while just to pull out one plant. Watering plants is pretty easy. We put mulch around the native species, grab a water bucket, and pour a few cups of water onto the root of the plant.
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