The snow is melted off the rock garden. I went on the deck yesterday to see how bad things looked (more on that later), and was stunned at this bright red Sempervivum. What the heck?!
This is the 'Gold Nugget' I bought last year. Let's call it group 2 because it was purchased more recently
I could not believe the color. It really is that bright red; it's not a trick of the light. I had to find my plant records to find where the other 'Gold Nugget' is planted. (more on that later too) Here it is. Not nearly so red. Call this group 1.
These two puddles are the same variety, but purchased different years and at different places- in different states, actually.
These pix are group 1 at other times of the year
And these are group 2. The first is when it was purchased in May 2025.
And in July 2025
More: I had a genuine scare when I went to look for the garden records. When I switched computers last fall, my backup hard drive did a catastrophic failure. Everything is gone. Although beyond annoying, I didn't lose much at all because it was a backup. But could I find the computer file with the plant records? Eek! No! But I finally did a search of my whole computer and I had put the folder in a different place. (Take deep breaths, calm down.) I would have lost about 2 years of records if I'd had to go to the older backup.
More: I left the fencing up all winter, but it clearly didn't keep the critters out of the rock garden. You can see how the dirt around the second picture above is all churned up around the plant. It's much too early to be working on it yet, but I can see I'll have a lot to do.
I was super, super good today. I edited, I worked on one of my pet projects, I finished most of the unpacking, and I cleaned the kitchen floor. I did those in rotation with pieces in the big puzzle. I actually need to get that finished because I need that table to do taxes!
And I feel fine. Still draining the head a bit, but hopefully I'll get outside for a while tomorrow.
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