Keep learning

It seems inevitable that I lose a plant either through underwatering or overwatering or for reasons outside my control. It’s still a bummer.

The good news is that there are a lot of plants and so many opportunities to keep doing my best.

Some plants take off magically like an anise hyssop that made its appearance late in the season last year. I have no doubt that I planted the seeds, but how it wound up in this raised bed, which housed onions last year (I rotate my crops) is indeed a mystery. I noticed it growing late last fall, and it reappeared in the spring, finally growing large enough that I can tell what it is.

I followed the Pepper Guru’s advice and planted some of my peppers in wide containers filled mostly with compost in the best sun I have. I also used and will continue to use 3-2-1 fertilizer. Stay tuned for the results!

Wild lawns

I attended an “Introduction to Wild Lawns” webinar featuring Eric Lee-Mäder of Northwest Meadowscapes and hosted by Margaret Roach from A Way to Garden.

I’m not a fan of a lot of grass. It’s a lot of work and resources for a questionable monoculture payoff. I want a landscape that is a buffet for pollinators and a playground for song birds. I learned about creating a tapestry lawn, and now I’m all in. Eric has a book coming out on this topic that will likely make it to my book stack. Stay tuned for that.

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