I’m on vacation but Paula reports from home that the columbines are blooming! The hummingbirds are down here so I better tell them dinner is ready up north!
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03/26/2024 Carolina Anemone
We recently found two patches of Carolina Anemone on unbuilt private land. We got permission from the owners to dig a small amount to spread around town in our yard and others’ yards, as it’s not available commercially.
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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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Just a little of this and that in the yard, house, and park.
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I always forget redbuds are edible!
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I started this blog post before I realized there was no garden produce in dinner, so here we go anyways.
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The two are not related but it would be a great book title, right?
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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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