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Posted on May 5, 2024May 5, 2024

05/05/2024 giving up

I’m too far behind on photos to put on blog so I’m wiping the slate clean. (I will catch up on the spreadsheet though haha.) you can see how much is happening even today!

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Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

05/03/2024 Escobaria from seed to flower!

We missed the first bloom I think but we caught a flower today! The second smaller individual doesn’t have any buds this year so far.

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Posted on April 28, 2024April 28, 2024

04/28/2024 a rest day

I mostly puttered today.

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Posted on April 21, 2024April 20, 2024

04/20/2024 Saturday puttering

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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Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024

04/13/2024 cacti and irises

We noticed two cacti were unhappy and relocated them. Hopefully it is not too late for them to recover, though one looks dicey.

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Posted on April 4, 2024April 2, 2024

03/29/2024 oxalis volunteers en masse

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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Posted on March 27, 2024March 23, 2024

03/23/2024 Tetraneuris and betrayal

The two are not related but it would be a great book title, right?

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Posted on March 25, 2024March 20, 2024

03/20/2024 yay Tetraneuris

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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Posted on March 21, 2024March 17, 2024

03/15/2024 ides of March

I was pleased to find several returning plants and potential new plants coming up!

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Posted on March 20, 2024March 16, 2024

03/13/2024 future plants

One hopeful Eryngo and seven cactus seeds!

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