Sometimes it feels like adding cilantro or walking onions is how a lot of dinners end up blog eligible.
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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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We got permission from kind neighbors to try digging up a few spring beauties from their yard, which had a huge patch. We have two from Texas, but I like to try and have some genetic diversity where possible. I think after this we may order some bare roots from elsewhere and then with three sources, hopefully any seeds will be able to have a chance of adapting.
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Shacks needed outside in the sun. please humans!!! (he was right, it’s super nice out.)
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I was pleased to find several returning plants and potential new plants coming up!
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One hopeful Eryngo and seven cactus seeds!
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A good Tuesday. Dog, leaf, food.
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Johnny-jump-ups, the annual wild violets, really love the area around and in our raised veggie beds. They were in the lawn before we started doing stuff, but I think the reduced competition in the weeded soil lets them thrive.
I’ve discovered I can transplant them before they flower and have been strategically redistributing them in the ground cover around the beds. It’s working!!
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I think we have just one mistflower that has a lot of roots. I’ve never seen any individual seedlings.
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I’m really happy how much the purpletop grass has spread into a big clump.
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