[socal_parrot]

Are you inland of Santa Cruz or on the coast? 114 will kill an awful lot of banana slugs.

[Carry_Okie]

Inland, at 1,200 feet in a mountainous triangle of valleys between Monterey Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. Onshore flows from both bays often deadhead here due to the interference of the hills. We have both coastal and inland climates depending upon the depth of the inversion layer. That is directly related to pressure. On some days the temperature on my property can vary by 10° simply by walking down the hill 100.' That, plus the soils, groundwater forcing, and shade is the reason why this place has such incredible native biodiversity. We have both redwood forest and five kinds of oaks. We even have Ponderosa pine about seven miles from here, not found anywhere else on the Coast.