We had a lot of germination of Indigofera miniata this spring and around five individuals have survived to planting size and then nibbling by yard bunnies (one even grew back!).
Continue reading “07/03/2024 scarlet pea success!”05/12/2024 infrastructure
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.
Continue reading “05/12/2024 infrastructure”04/28/2024 a rest day
I mostly puttered today.
Continue reading “04/28/2024 a rest day”04/19/2024 after dark find
Could have found it in the day but I was working!
Continue reading “04/19/2024 after dark find”03/01/2024 legumes around the house
This year is our year to grow a bunch native legumes, as we decided, and a lot of progress is occurring!
Continue reading “03/01/2024 legumes around the house”01/26/2024 Indigofera’s first day out
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Scarlet pea process
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I still have more of this species nicked. I think what I’ll do with the rest is plant them directly; they seem to imbibe water very fast which means they’ll probably sprout in spring rains. I forgot to inoculate them with any of the inoculum I bought from prairie moon nursery but I believe you can add it later if you disturb the roots a bit. If this species even needs it. Mysteries.
11/26/2023 minor plant miracle!
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06/11/2023 roots
Unless you’re taking a herbarium specimen or moving stuff in the garden, we often don’t see how deep some native plant roots are. Today I helped two friends rescue plants from a remnant prairie that is about to be dozed and built on. (We dug with permission.)
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Spiderworts, native perennial dayflower, an all yellow Gaillardia, fleabane, western horse nettle, and Heterotheca (I think?) all came up easily with a sharpshooter shovel. Little bluestem has very deep roots but I think they are supposed to be okay to divide. Fern acacia (I think??) had a longer root (over a foot for a 6” tall plant) that may have broken.
08/13/2022 walking around
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