This is my big garden bed that I am going to slowly work on reclaiming. This is what it looked like in 2003. Hasn't been decent since.
This is the same angle today. I see that I got more autumn olive cleared last fall than I had realized! That's great news, although it needs so much additional work, it's not funny. At least some sunlight can get in there now.
But I'm always more interested in processes than finished results. I see that I did throw a lot of daffodil bulbs in the beds on the far side of the path. In a few more days it will be worth showing you again, even if there won't be much variety. I think I need to give away more daffodils!
I was hoping for wildflowers in the cemetery ravine, but not a glimpse. Not even bloodroot which is often so early I totally miss seeing it. There were only tiny trout lily leaves.
Oh look! There is one flower with buds. Marsh Marigold. Maybe I'm pushing the season. I looked up wildflower dates from several other years, and I guess this is just about average. Maybe I'm impatient because last year was early.
Well, we surely needed the rain.
I edited, worked on a couple of projects including plant records. I'd like to have them in better shape before I start playing in gardens this year. It's a huge job because I decided I needed to update all my "rock maps" when I relaimed the garden in 2023. Not only were a bunch of the old pages filled with notes, so many plants were gone that they really needed to be redone. I don't have those done yet, but I keep working on it. At least the records of what I bought and where I put it are up to date.
Miles hiked in 2025: 133.8
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2 comments:
Java Bean: "We hope your updated rock maps lead you to buried treasure!"
Bean- sometimes the treasures appear and I have to look at the old maps to know what I've found!
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