Howdy lovelies!
It's been a while since I checked in but I wanted to give you a garden/forest update:
So far, so good, mostly. I did try planting annual garden stuff like cucumbers and tomatoes and that was frankly a disaster, with only one three volunteers from last year's pumpkins hanging in.
The buttonweed, which is a lovely native plant with pollinator friendly flowers, continues to completely dominate everything in the yard and is my nemesis.
It's been a little more than a year since we moved in and I'm starting to get a handle on the absolutely incredible diversity we have growing here. I planted 5 blueberries so far (since they are from this area), and I even have one blueberry growing to show for it!
Additionally, we have some really cool species I've never seen before, including Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), and Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboretum). I'll put descriptions with my photos for ID.
I want to write a whole post on the Sassafras sapling that is cheerfully growing under my deck, because I had no idea that Sassafras trees had such a fascinating history! I'm not from around here, and have never seen one before but now I love it and will find a good home for it.
Bonus trees - we have some kind of hickory (mocknut?) growing all around the edge of my forest which I love because it will make so much food for the birds and squirrels!
Wanna see some cool flowers?
Some of these photos go back a bit so you can see some of our neat spring ephemerals. Some I don't know for sure are native in our area because I couldn't get a 100% ID on them so if you know, shout it out! Oh, I also have Virginia bluebells that I planted and they are doing great, but no flowers yet because it's only their first year. Same for my milkweed and spiderwort and false indigo.
Let's go!
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I have more wildflowers popping up everywhere but it's almost lunchtime and I have other obligations today, so I will leave you with blue-eyed grass (never heard of it before but I love it so much!), Venus's looking glass (this is everywhere in my yard) and some kind of mystery pink, apparently, and my woodland phlox!
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