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Wax myrtle oregon8/11/2023 ![]() The meta-narrative that keeps running through our minds is: Limit and watch the newcomers until the native species have a chance to grow stronger, then see what kind of a balance eventually arises. ![]() Our role over the next decade will be to maintain a harmonious balance on the land. We decided we would prefer, to plant and encourage native plants but severely thin and limit non-native plants. While it is common practice to get rid of everything except for the Oaks, we were struck with the fact that all plants have a purpose. ![]() They are, as author Fred Pearce calls them, “The New Wild.” We harvested fruits like plums and blackberries for nourishment and Hawthorne and Rose Hips for medicinal purposes. Yet, being here in the spring and summer we were able to observe what plants were producing fruit and which were simply crowding out the Oaks and other native species. When we first arrived at what is now Eloheh in Yamhill Oregon, the land was so overgrown with these other trees and plants that we could barely walk the land. In this process, we have chosen not to completely irradicate all these plants but to do extreme thinning and maintain them. This is a task that will take years of hard labor while at the same time starting Eloheh Farm from scratch. We have marked all the Oaks on the land and have begun the process of rescuing them from non-native and other plants that are smothering them such as Scotch Broom, Hawthorne, Himalayan Blackberry, Wild Plum, and Wild Rose. An Oak Savannah and the Importance of Native PlantsĮloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice believes in Native Plants! Our ultimate goal is to restore the land to what is called an “Oak Savannah” with plants native to the north Willamette Valley, but with some limitations.
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