spring planting continues
Apr. 18th, 2006 02:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianPlant of the day: Meadow-rue (Thalictrum aquilegifolium), for the beautiful, muscular lower stem pushing up delicate membranous leaves, and for the seedling putting up one teeny leaf a foot away. (Wow, I need Thalictrum uchiyamai. Beautiful.)
Other good news: I bought a little Claytonia sibirica at the Audobon Society plant sale, because I didn't see any of that where I put the last one (bleeding-heart and avens have appeared in its place). A new plant doesn't seem to have been necessary, though. I saw two largish rosettes and what I suspect are a whole lot of Claytonia cotyledons back there this afternoon. Now, where else do I want them?
I planted almost all of the remaining salvaged plants from my expedition today. The indian-plum and red elderberry bushes went up at the end of the road to help cover where the crazy person drove through the fence recently, though someone had bought several columnar cypresses and two red rhodies to put up there too. More plants is better! Native plants is better! Also, if some freak drives through the chain-link fence again despite the new ROAD END sign, the indian-plum will grow back from its roots.
The ferns went in a couple of places around the yard, though I resisted putting a wee one into the hollow area of the lilac because I didn't think it would survive there. I need more rotten wood. If I could've packed the cavity with nice punky old redcedar I'd have been able to put it there, and it would have been super cute. Definitely bringing buckets for rotten wood next salvage.
Still need to plant the salal. I'm afraid to touch it because it has such wimpy roots. I think it must depend strongly on mycorrhizae, and hyphae are really easy to break. The salvage guys mentioned it was hard to transplant, and I bet that's why. Also must figure out where to put it.
I keep seeing a sweet queen bumblebee searching around the house. Does she not have a place to nest? Surely she overwintered somewhere. Maybe she's just having trouble finding enough flowers at the moment, though she was going to town on the rosemary yesterday.
The little birch tree the ditch-digger pulled out seems all right. It laid around on the lawn for at least a day, and when I noticed it I thought it was a goner, but I potted it up anyway and tied a trash bag over it to keep transpiration down. Its leaves seem perky now. One more tree for the world! Maybe it will go to live in Quilcene.
Lots of extra foxgloves, oregano, and lemon balm. Freecycle!
Unfortunately, I seem to be getting a pretty bad headache. There is very little incentive not to go get some Easter-sale chocolate if you hurt anyway, head.
Other good news: I bought a little Claytonia sibirica at the Audobon Society plant sale, because I didn't see any of that where I put the last one (bleeding-heart and avens have appeared in its place). A new plant doesn't seem to have been necessary, though. I saw two largish rosettes and what I suspect are a whole lot of Claytonia cotyledons back there this afternoon. Now, where else do I want them?
I planted almost all of the remaining salvaged plants from my expedition today. The indian-plum and red elderberry bushes went up at the end of the road to help cover where the crazy person drove through the fence recently, though someone had bought several columnar cypresses and two red rhodies to put up there too. More plants is better! Native plants is better! Also, if some freak drives through the chain-link fence again despite the new ROAD END sign, the indian-plum will grow back from its roots.
The ferns went in a couple of places around the yard, though I resisted putting a wee one into the hollow area of the lilac because I didn't think it would survive there. I need more rotten wood. If I could've packed the cavity with nice punky old redcedar I'd have been able to put it there, and it would have been super cute. Definitely bringing buckets for rotten wood next salvage.
Still need to plant the salal. I'm afraid to touch it because it has such wimpy roots. I think it must depend strongly on mycorrhizae, and hyphae are really easy to break. The salvage guys mentioned it was hard to transplant, and I bet that's why. Also must figure out where to put it.
I keep seeing a sweet queen bumblebee searching around the house. Does she not have a place to nest? Surely she overwintered somewhere. Maybe she's just having trouble finding enough flowers at the moment, though she was going to town on the rosemary yesterday.
The little birch tree the ditch-digger pulled out seems all right. It laid around on the lawn for at least a day, and when I noticed it I thought it was a goner, but I potted it up anyway and tied a trash bag over it to keep transpiration down. Its leaves seem perky now. One more tree for the world! Maybe it will go to live in Quilcene.
Lots of extra foxgloves, oregano, and lemon balm. Freecycle!
Unfortunately, I seem to be getting a pretty bad headache. There is very little incentive not to go get some Easter-sale chocolate if you hurt anyway, head.
