The Druids Across The Way

Jim of the acorn grubs held a potting party for his valley oak seedlings at his house this evening, conveniently located on the other side of the street from us. It’s quite a production. The acorns get laid out in flats over vermiculite, as seen at right. Once the acorns germinate, they get placed in pots made of two milk cartons, preferably quart-sized, opened up and duct-taped end-to-end. Meanwhile, folks are scouring Davis cafs for empty dairy cartons, and our office is serving as a waystation for garbage bags full of half-and-half containers coming from the campus Memorial Union coffeehouse.

So far over three hundred acorns have been potted, and a number of flats of these have gone out to various people. A lot of teachers have become interested in the project, and several were at our gathering this evening. The seedlings will be ready to plant once the tap root reaches the bottom of the twinned carton. Jim this will happen some time in mid-January to the beginning of February.

At left we’re happily inspecting seedlings to the music of La Bottine Souriante.