Middle-hill pine project over the time

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Khuôn viên cây xanh của Thiền viện Viên Minh hiện tại được tạm chia thành bốn đại khu:

  • Lower front hill (đồi dưới) sẽ bao gồm các tiểu khu:
    • Vườn cây ăn trái (orange, mulberry, loquat, jujube, peach, cherry, persimmon, apricot and apple)
    • Đồi bồ đề (bodhi tree)
    • Đồi phượng tím (jaracanda)
    • Đường tường vi (crape myrtle)
    • Đường bạch quả (gingko biloba tree)
    • Oak collection garden
  • Middle hill (đồi giữa) sẽ bao gồm ba tiểu khu:
    • Small right section compress of only stone pines, however maybe (in the future) deodar cedars
    • Big left section will be a collection of pines, some maples, sycamores, sweetgum and a row of peruvian apple cactus, plus a pigeon/chicken coop.
    • Behind kitchen section: mainly landscape trees like olives, locusts, and some old stone pines.
  • Top hill: Still need to work on, so far only one blue oak and one bodhi tree up there, but highland pines (ponderosa, coulteri, gray and jeffrey pines) will be planted in large scale.
  • The back far side: Have no plan for this arid area yet, due to lack of irrigation water and manpower, but only native oaks should be planted here for the best and efficient outcome.

Bên dưới đây là một số ảnh của Small-right section of the Middle hill over the time:

Early summer 2023
October 2023…
June 2024: Tập kết first 12 pines of cô Thu from Vacaville, 22$ each, 15-gal size.
September 2024, Que & Jose did it in the hard way, dragging one by one.
First coastal live oak and two Italian stone pines.
Purchased from a nice lady in San Francisco. She claimed it’s a Eastern white pine… but me doubt it 🙂
Couple more holes to dig and pines to plant.
Then a trio more…
It’s October 2024!
December 2024
After Home Depot Xmas 50% sale in January, got these 3-gal stone pine cuties for 7-10$ each.
Lucy had approved two new stone pines donated by a couple in Hayward. Planted in Lower hill.
March 2025: Purchased this crooked ex-Christmas stone pine from a lady in Alameda. Also in Lower hill.
June 2025: First sequoia in Lower hill, supposed to be the fastest variety of the state iconic conifer ‘Hazel Smith’
July 2025: eight more trees (6 stone pines and 2 incense cedars got from Martin of Sunnyvale) was planted here in the Big left section of Middle hill.
From a tree lover in Santa Cruz area.
August 2025: first Japanese black pine, and hope for the best, many more if this lil one thrive here!

From 30Aug2024 to 17Aug2025: within a year this 3-gal Monterey pine has become a 5ft tall handsome one.

04Oct2025: Planted a first baby Joshua tree, from Mojave desert, into the middle hill – small right section.

18Jan2026: trồng mới thêm 3 cây stone pines 5G vào khu vực mid-hill small right section.

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