Don't It Make You Want To Go Home

But there's a six-lane highway down by the creek
Where I went skinny-dippin' as a child
And a drive-in show where the meadows used to grow
And the strawberries used to grow wild

whenever anyone tells you they want to increase native plant diversity by removing invasive non-native plants (weeds), hide your wallet...

but according to Noozwack, the City of SB will spend  close to 2 million dollars to "restore" a creek along Los Positas..the city bought the property to stop development and instead of leaving it alone in its present wild state, they are going to manicure it!
as I've said before all these restorations are folly as the fires and rains always wipe out what is restored....if a creek gets clogged, all they need to do is clean it out every few years and let nature do the rest

a creek should be full of life..creeks attract butterflies, bees, birds but a restoration is only for people, nativists to pat themselves on the back as they get rid of the "invasives"...

it's bullshit..what kid hasn't gone down to the creek looking for frogs without worrying if the frog is native or non-native...a creek should fill a kid with wonder, not with interpretive signs

let the creeks flower with fennel and thistle..the thistle seeds are used by finches for their nests which kills the thistle til nest year!!

these restorations are bad news...some people are never satisfied until they think they can control everything..

you can't control nature

but I can