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Post by desposito on Mar 15, 2024 14:58:05 GMT -5
I managed to dig up the fennel, it had really long roots so I don't know how well it will do in a storage bin, but I will have tried, so I'm happy.
I'm going to get the dry laundry from the basement, and then do a little more vacuuming if the downstairs vacuum has recharged.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Mar 15, 2024 16:26:21 GMT -5
Okay, I'm going to go out and do 20 minutes more on the center plot, I'm ready to start weeding it.
Then it will be time for dinner.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Mar 15, 2024 17:24:31 GMT -5
When I started cutting things down in the center plot a couple of days ago, I saw a group of leaves popping up about 4 inches across, with feathery foliage. I immediately thought of poison hemlock, because I had a plant last year, early in the spring, in a corner of the yard. I got rid of it so the dog wouldn't eat it, and I thought it was weird that it popped up here, but then--the original one just popped up on its own, so I thought I'd better get this one out. When I actually got down near the soil and started pulling out the creeping charlie (I love creeping charlie, but I can't have it in this plot) I saw several more little sprigs of this same feathery plant on one side of the plot--thank goodness it occurred to me that this was not poison hemlock, it's forking larkspur--one of my favorite plants! They are native to Europe but have been in this country since the 1700s, which I consider as good as a native plant for pollinator purposes. I remembered that I had planted one there last year, I forgot all about it because they only bloom until about mid-summer. So, luckily it has re-seeded. I would have been so mad if I realized it after I pulled them out.
I still have a little bit of weeding to do on that plot before it's finished.
Now I'm tired and will think about making dinner.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Mar 15, 2024 19:59:34 GMT -5
Time for bed, good night all, see you tomorrow in the weekend thread!
Diane
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