Native Front Yard

Hi. A lot of things happened at once and then a lot of other things happened very quickly. Life overtook me.

I'm still in permaculture school and about to wrap up the course. I'm doing that, working full time, and looking after a baby and two large dogs. And a house where I no longer live.

So I haven't been doing much else. To include blogging.

To Be Continued ...

Look who's fruiting.

Today I reapplied mulch to their bed. A stinging insect moving too fast for me to identify objected and got me 2-4 times. The sting on my arm is a definitely, my face a probably, but the ones on my hand and ankle are only maybes.

Hi friends and neighbors. There's a pause on the garden currently as the next steps are building steps and I'm recovering from a surgery that stops me doing that.

Before, I did mow back that gorgeous Virginia buttonweed that is the majority of the ground cover, which was getting a little too thick. That makes two (2) mows this season. I don't want to ever go back to grass again.

The gigantic pumpkin plant was suffering in the heat, so I removed it.

The ironweed looks fantastic, with its deep purple blooms.

The corn will be ripe soon. I had meant to stagger plantings, but I'll only be doing second wave this week. Alas.

Liatris is crispy and done, but surprise, surprise, the oxeye is blooming! I did not expect this.

Something had been eating the pokeweed, but only some plants. And for some, it's eating lower leaves aga leaving higher ones intact.

The big planter is finally finished.

American beautyberrys are blooming now.

And so is the pokeweed.

Sorry I haven't figured out how to do captions yet.

Once I got back to the car, I tog about leaving the dogs in the AC, grabbing my mask, and going back for the plants. But I was already exasperated from trying to handle the dogs, and my knee was flaring up. I was GROUCHY.

There will be another sale in the fall.

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Been able to capture an image of the dramatic elegance of these corn stalks. Ever try to take a picture of a mountain. Yeah it's like that.

I love how the ponyfoot and spotted spurge make my garden look like a fairyland.