Being home all day allows me way more access to my garden to really observe what is happening from moment to moment. Today’s finds were I moved for or five plants to Crocus to better light in a pot across the window Moved a winter creeper? Vine to a pot to climb the silver maple […]
Seed germination for native prairie 2020
Using both indoor an outdoor sowing methods a new prairie of warm season bunch grasses, and forbs. Indoor Methods Indoor Medium: Peat pots Indoor growing environment: Heat mat, 2 florescent lights on 12 hours. 1 plant light, 1 plain. Side oats grama propagation Indoor sowing results produced leaves within seven days when laid on top […]
Reflections during a pandemic and my father’s passing.
I never thought I’d be writing a title like this one. We live in a world of hand sanitizer, scientific knowledge, and medicine. Pandemic was a word reserved for prepper types and stuff of fiction. But here we are. And here I sit in the room of my dying father. He is so thin and […]
Veges for 2020
Planted cabbage and lettuce outside on 3/17. These will be a complete test but should help me busy in late spring! Indoors trying old seeds to see if any sprout, including beets and Roma tomatoes. Will pick up tomatoes from the person down the street if I can’t find any. In the patch that’s been […]
Peaches get a buzz cut for spring – espalier no more?
Spring weather dictates what winter imaginings are actually done. This weekend was balmy. Sixty degree temps rid us of the last February snow. It was a good time for trimming the 4 year old peach trees. The days of training into an espalier are gone. If I had found Ian Sturrock’s video on espalier earlier, […]
Sandy Soil Natives
Geum Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lupine Perennis Lupine – low growing plant, good in dry sandy soil. Palmate foliage . Lupine is the only host plant for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. Habitat loss has led to the decline in Lupine plants in the wild, and put the Karner Blue on the endangered species list. Leaves that […]
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American gardens to visit
Plant Growth Habits Codes and Definitions
Natural Resources Conservation Service present Plant Growth Habits Codes and Definitions to reference. PLANTS Description PLANTS Definition Notes Forb/herb Vascular plant without significant woody tissue above or at the ground. Forbs and herbs may be annual, biennial, or perennial but always lack significant thickening by secondary woody growth and have perennating buds borne at or […]
Colorado plant biomes
If climate is forcing the movement of animals, plants and disease… what is the mix of plants to experiment with? To know, you must understand what biomes have been mapped and when. 2014 – CSFS Forest Mapping of Colorado – How has climate impacted front range communities? Is it drier in the winter? Who is […]
