A key component to seed collection is having plants to collect seeds from.  A key component to having plants is rain.  The latter component has been very elusive in the Farmington district however.  It is as though the district is located in a desert or something. Needless to say the lack of rain has brought seed collection to a screeching halt.  The bright side of no rain is that it has afforded us the opportunity to help others in the office out on projects they are working on.  We have had the pleasure of working on a bird survey before a prescribed burn, running transects for a long term bird study, and checking wildlife cameras.  Our biggest accomplishment has been building two large native plant gardens in from of our office.  We planted over one hundred plants from over forty different species into the gardens.  It was a lot of work but the end result looks really amazing.  Hopefully I will be able to regale you internet people with stories of collecting seeds again but until then keep your fingers crossed for rain. Cheers!       

Partially Constructed Garden

Finished Garden