Path Production!

Fellow environmentalists!
This past Friday I got to help out with building a path on the west side of campus (for those of you as directionally challenged as I, the Starbucks on Oxford is close to this side). Initially we were simply building upon the work that Tyler had started and making sure the sides of the path were high enough by clearing and widening the path with shovels and rakes. This soon shifted over to carrying wood chips back and forth between the giant pile seen here:

 and the beginning of the path. Unfortunately we realized that the wood chips did not stand out against the background as much as desired and are now hoping to get either another wood chip type or another material altogether for the path. Ideally however the trail would one day become legitimate and would be made of decomposed granite. Until then however, we will keep working hard at the route and making sure that the frequent Berkeley rains do not wash it away. If you have the time, stop by the path and see how it's doing! Its purpose after all lies in both allowing more people to enjoy the beauty of the Creek as well as make the soil less compacted for future plants to flourish there. Hope to see you there! Lastly, here is one last group picture:

Until next week (when hopefully I will finally be able to stop by the nursery)!