After a bit of rain this morning (maybe a tenth of an inch?) it was cool and humid and cloudy all day.
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04/20/2024 dry spot green
I have the green section of the rainbow garden populated with Arkansas yucca, green milkweed, antelopehorns milkweed, whorled milkweed, sand lovegrass, and maybe comet milkweed if any of it survived. I’ve been examining the milkweeds closely lately.
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Could have found it in the day but I was working!
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One new, one transplanted!
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Native Oxalis volunteers all over our yard but has really created a lovely ground cover in the front yard near the porch. I’ve tentatively identified it as Oxalis stricta.
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Over the winter, we’ve gradually pulled down dried tepary bean pods from the trellis. The ones with the most air around them have molded least. I think it would be better if we harvested them more promptly but c’est la vie.
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The two are not related but it would be a great book title, right?
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The mystery bud has gradually resolved into Tetraneuris linearifolia! It’s an annual apparently but I have high hopes it will like the caliche planters and reseed.
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Shacks needed outside in the sun. please humans!!! (he was right, it’s super nice out.)
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One hopeful Eryngo and seven cactus seeds!
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