This weekend I was up in Sequoia Nat'l park and found some quite large wild gooseberries.  The ripe ones were flavorful and sweet. Yum. I kick myself for discounting these in the past. Nasty spines but nothing gloves, a knife and a spoon cant overcome.

I like this fruit a lot, esp the ones I've tried at exotica. To me was like a sweet/tart lemony custard flavor. 

As i understand it young willow twigs will leach both  indolebutyric acid (IBA) and salicylic acid (SA). As the bucket propigator will constantly spray the cuttings and medium over several weeks, I'm hoping it will be more effictive then a single soaking.

Hi Jeff, i recenty converted a few hundred sf of grass to planting area. If you are cutting out the grass first you get a chance to address other issues like Ph problems or lack of nutrients prior to planting and mulching.  Muchwise I used 3 inches of gromulch topped with 3 inches of kellogs decorative bark.  So far very few weed problems. Ive tried weed blocks in the past on other project where sharp grass cuts through and establishes under the mat, making it a really pain in the ass to effectivly pull them out. Waste of money in my opinion...

Beauty of a hedge Xchen, I still need to add some border plants for aesthetics.  I am going to stick with drought tolerant and edible though as much as i can. Only the grumi should need xtra water once everything gets established. Im looking to maybe use cedar bay and midgen berries to fill it out. Any suggestions for other smaller edibles?

I like to graze on the way to work 
This is my new hedge. I'm hoping in a couple years it'll fill out nicely. Grumi, feijoa, lingaro, goumi, goji, varigated silverberry, autumn olive, a small black beauty mulberry, and a few creeping carpet raspberries.

I'm not familiar with that, will it be similar to the Fullerton Green Scene?

Thanks , I guess I'll just have to have patience.

Thanks Oscar!

Hi Anthony, Ethan out in Bakersfield had Namibia Orange at one point listed on his scions page at Cloudforest, he might have some cutting...