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COURTESYPHOTO The Sacramento River Discovery Center food garden area is making use of both wood chips and straw as the mulch to reduce water usage during the drought. ByBobieHughes This is the second in- stallment with some of the ideas that have been imple- mented at the Discovery Garden, of the Sacramento River Discovery Center (SRDC), in the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area. I will keep you posted on successes and failures. I know that I have learned something from ev- ery oops that has happened to me. The SRDC is a strong be- liever that mulching is it: 1) mulch shades the dirt from direct sunlight ; 2) mulch keeps the water from evap- orating so quickly and 3) mulch makes it more diffi- cult for weed seeds to find the sun, and if they do start to grow they are much eas- ier to pull out by the roots. This holds true for your Ca- milla's and roses as well as tomatoes and melons. The Discovery Garden is being re-mulched this sum- mer. The beds of native, drought tolerant and deer resistant plants were origi- nally mulched two years ago and the material now looks more like compost you pur- chase at a store. The SRDC will be using chipped tree material from two years ago to recover the Native part of the garden. The food garden volun- teers at SRDC decided to try a different experiment this year. This year the food gar- den area will include a dif- ferent pattern of shade and sunshine, a different water- ing system — soaker hoses — and a different planting system. The area selected was cleared of grasses and invasive species and then a layer of alpaca "poop" was applied. The second layer of aged chipped wood products was placed on top- followed by a layer of cardboard, then an- other layer of aged chipped wood. Holes were cut into the cardboard and seed- lings were placed in those holes being sure that the roots were deep enough to benefit from the layer of or- ganic materials. The next level included the place- ment of soaker hoses that were attached to a timer. The last layer of material was straw. Straw is excellent mulch because it has no harmful chemicals and two to three inches of it will decompose slowly and allow ventila- tion to the plant roots to keep them cool so that the plants water needs are re- duced. The best straw is al- falfa straw as it contains ni- trogen to help improve the soil, but it can be expensive. With a number of Fairs oc- curring this time of year, I understand it may be pos- sible to obtain the bed- ding straw from the live- stock pens. This straw will contain some added "natu- ral nutrient's and be more "fragrant." Whenever you use straw keep it a couple of inches or more from the plant stem- if it is too close to the stem it can cause the stem to rot. Saturday, June 13th the newspaper to the north of us had a full page article talking about one way of dealing with the drought "Mulch much?" If you get a chance to read the article it has some interesting infor- mation. The Discovery Garden is open from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. and is at 1000 Sale Lane. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mon- day through Friday and Sat- urday until 1 p.m. Please call 527-1196 to make ar- rangements to visit at other times. You can also e-mail bhughessrdc@gmail.com. Happy mulching. The Red Bluff Garden Club will resume their monthly meeting schedule in August so watch this col- umn for more information. Living with the drought, part 2 REDBLUFFGARDENCLUB The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests: CodyS.Hamilton: 24, of Gerber was arrested Tues- day at Big Foot Recycling, 8795San Benito Ave. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of second degree commer- cial burglary. No bail was set. Steven Laurence Hender- son: 49, of Red Bluff was arrested early Wednesday morning at the South Main Street AM/PM and booked into Tehama County Jail on flash incarceration for charges of burglary, pos- session of burglary tools, receiving known stolen property and carrying a loaded firearm in public. Counterfeit Tehama County: Two sep- arate reports were taken Tuesday of businesses taking in counterfeit bills. In Red Bluff, Circle 7Days on Walnut Street reported receiving a counterfeit $20 bill. In Corning, Tower Mart on Solano Street reported taking in a counterfeit $5 bill. The Walmart: Tryston Blain Tathburn, 19, of Corning was cited and released Tuesday a ernoon for shopli ing. 4000block Henlyville Road: a man said that a package Fed Ex said it delivered on June 12was le on the side of the road where it was reportedly stolen. Sale Lane: Someone at the Red Bluff Apartments reported Tuesday the the of 52DVD movies. Vandalism Almond Street: A Corning woman reported Tuesday that someone had vandal- ized both her car and house. She asked for extra patrol. Treasure Drive: Unknown persons threw a rock and shattered a woman's glass patio table. Jackson Street: Someone reported Tuesday having tires slashed in the 900 block of Jackson Street. POLICE LOGS Do you know a young adult struggling to figure out a career path that they would enjoy and be good at? An online assessment and workshop will be of- fered by the Job Training Center that helps define their interests, abilities, personality and natural tal- ent to better focus on career options that make sense. Elevations Workshop for Young Adults ages 16-24 is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon both July 8 and 9. Cost is $25 per person and you must preregister to at- tend. Call 529-7000. JOB TRAINING CENTER Workshop to help young adults decide on a career Carson Morrow has just returned from Trin- ity county where he has lo- cated a placer claim and has leased another on which he is to start active operation next week. Both claims are near Douglas on the Trinity river. The claim which was located was taken up jointly by Morrow and Tom Adkins of Los Mo- linos. Adkins is now work- ing this mine and Morrow will handle the leased prop- erty. The located claim has been named Oragrand. The property which Mor- row has leased is known as the Keeler claim. It has never been worked. A wheel barrow load of the surface gravel washed out 21 cents, which Morrow estimates indicates the gravel will run $12 a ton. He expects to handle at least 10 tons of gravel a day with a force of four men. — June 25, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Los Molinos men enter the gold mining business Introduction to Native Bees as Pollinators will be presented Thursday, July 16 hosted by the Chico State Herbarium. There are many kinds of bees in nature, and even within urban areas in northern California. Rob Schlising and Robert Irwin will showcase native bees for people who like nature in this workshop, and for those who are involved in land management and con- servation. The workshop will also promote inviting these pol- linating insects to work and live in your own gar- dens. No specific knowl- edge of bees is needed ahead of time, although a basic understanding of general insect morphology and some familiarity with dichotomous keys would be helpful. The workshop will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 129 Holt Hall at CSU, Chico. Cost is $100. There will be an optional field trip on July 17 conditions permit- ting. Register in advance by calling 898-5356 or send- ing an email to jbraden@ csuchico.edu. Detailed workshop de- scriptions and sign up forms are available at www.csuchico.edu/biol/ Herb/Events.html. 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