Hi all, Wild flower walks seem to be the activity of the season. Yesterday, I joined the University of California, at Davis, Botany Club on a field trip to Table Mountain. Table Mountain has an elevation of 1,000 ft (roughly 300 metres) and is located east of Oroville, California, in the lower Sierra Nevada foothills. Table Mountain is a basalt area, flat and the site of multiple of vernal pools. I was fascinated. Some of our California natives bulbs were flowering: Brodeia, Bloomeria, Dichlostemma, Allium, etc. Wonderful outing. The benefit of going with that group is that they can identify some of the wild flowers and some dutiful soul always brings the Jepson Manual (of California Native Plants)as well as a list of the plants for that area. I was able to collect some immature seed pods. This, BTW, is the point of my note. One botanist holds that immature seed pods will continue to ripen and cure off the mother plant when placed in a light, airy, warm place. Over the years, there have been many inquires about when to harvest seed. I am especially hopeful the Allium sp seeds will ripen so that I can raise it for the California Native Plant Society Demonstration Garden in Sacramento, California. Just the Saturday prior, I had taken an all day class in the identification of plants. Having that experience, I will never look at a flower the same. And now I have the tools to identify plants. Best wishes, Joyce Miller, Sacramento, California. Zone 9A