Our baby ferns from spores!! Woolly lip fern (Cheilanthes tomentosa) theoretically should be fine in drier habitats, but these young plants have been very sensitive to removal of the container lid. So over the last few weeks I’ve been opening just a corner at a time to get them used to regular air without dying of shock. They curl up less and less each day with increasing exposure!
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All seedlings have been diligently protected from Shackleton the cat this year. We do not trust him after last year’s grazing incident.
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The sun came out this afternoon so we were tempted away from our plant spreadsheets to move some friends around.
Continue reading “02/08/2025 new rain lily!!!”Baby fern “hardening off” to world
Hardening off is getting indoor grown plants ready for the big world. Sometimes for indoor seedlings I’ll put a fan on them to preview the experience of wind. These ferns haven’t got that treatment yet because we have them in a little container sealed for humidity, but I figured it was time to get them ready for a spring debut into the world.
Continue reading “Baby fern “hardening off” to world”09/25/2024 sunchokes in the compost area
Who made this compost area so fancy??
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As hoped, we got them seeded before rain. They’ve now had several inches of rain to support their summer growth!
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We got more rain overnight and I needed to smooth out the disturbed soil near the house foundation where we recently got piers. While I had the hoe out, I scraped out some little drainage ditches to pull some water away from the porch.
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Hanging out with the baby plants!
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We went up to Native Plant Nursery of Oklahoma City today to help the Chef’s mom add some drought tolerant native plants to her garden. We got her six plants but we stuck to our personal list and thus got only one! We feel positively responsible.
The people staffing the nursery were helpful and knowledgeable and willing to brainstorm ideas with us. (Especially helpful since the Chef’s mom lives a bit away where some different species can grow.)
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Last night I opened up the heating mat area to check on tomatoes and peppers who are indoors a few days while it’s chilly out.
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