It looks like I wrote about
the start of the wildflower stump bed, but didn't post about year 1. And we've had a year 2 since then, so here we go! It started with a tree stump which I covered in compost and soil and deer-resistant wildflower mix...
June 23, 2019
And eventually erupted in a pile of Four O'Clocks and white Sweet Alyssum from the seed mix, which work as perennials around here. The thistles and Queen Anne's Lace are just common weeds that come in fromt all over the place. 'Spend forever digging those up!
August 14, 2019
The following year, the neighbor redid their hillside for drainage issues, and I sprinkled in a healthy dose of sensation mix cosmos and wildflower seeds.
May 19, 2020
August 16, 2020
The construction workers asked if they could pull
my pile of covered goldenrod rootballs into the hillside, and I said sure. I'm not sure they realized they essentially planted themselves a goldenrod, not grass, slope with this move.
September 14, 2020
In the construction, some of the soil + established wildflowers were stripped away, leaving the stump mostly exposed, but perhaps the biannual Sweet Williams distract the eye?
June 24, 2020
The only other wildflower that seemed to return were some California poppies...
June 14, 2020
But the hillside had a nice sprinkling of additional poppies and other wildflowers from a different wildflower mix...
August 16, 2020
...as well as a volunteer ugly gourd from last year's collection that decorate the dining table!
August 22, 2020
It is forwrad progress, but I might have to rethink what I grow on the old tree stump...not sure. I'm considering turning that whole area into a wood-chipped garden for growing squash, not sure, though. Maybe I'll get some inspiration in winter...
June 12, 2019
1 comments:
Squash!
These flowers are beautiful (naturally, Pixel only adds to the effect). And today I learned what hugelkulter is :-).
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