Posted on May 18, 2022May 21, 202205/18/2022 A male velvet ant foraging on the widow sedum! Milkvine are sprouting everywhere. Hope it’s a good year for milkweed tussock moths! Yarrow from home is blooming. The striped planthoppers are still out on ironweed today. Greeneyes leaves are fuzzy and my watering spillage shows it off. Rudbeckia lacinata from Abby is getting tall! Texas buckeye has added some leaves and seems to be food for someone. Carolina buckthorn from plant sale doing fine. Mexican buckeye from plant sale doing fine. Texas mallows are coming back up! At least three in the shade of the big red oak. Thistle from home. Mom did a lovely post on these fine flowers recently. They are homes and food for many friends. Mystery grass that came with the thistle soil. Possibly Canada wild rye. I have been asked to get better photos. Jeanne has kindly identified it as an annual native barley. The beautyberry has perked up. False garlic is going to seed! I took one pod across the patio to the “prairie” area and left the other here east of the patio.
Posted on April 30, 2022April 30, 2022Water, water everywhere The Chef helped me connect and lay out the second soaker hose where I will attempt to plant some winecup seeds soon. The winecup seeds in question, a few days ago, in stratification in the fridge. They’re ready to get started. Imagine my surprise to look up from my garden spreadsheet and find a Gray Catbird on the closer birdbath! I saw one last year in the yard in spring migration too. SPLASH The lone rain barrel out in the yard is an overflow for another one, and I have placed it next to a new plant (the beautyberry) so I can hopefully water it someday.
Posted on April 19, 2022April 19, 2022Tuesday night and it might rain American beautyberry leaves aren’t quite as pathetic? The Maximilian sunflower roots we moved in winter are VERY happy. Zizia sp from Abby are perking up! It doesn’t smell like mint – maybe New Jersey tea I planted last year?? Agastache sp. from seed from Paula. Bag traps cat, baffles cat’s emotional support dog.