Birdfeeding
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birdfeedingToday is cloudy, mild, and wet. It rained off and on last night, leaving puddles in the road. More rain is forecasted for today and tonight. I'm hoping to plant some of the things I gathered yesterday.
I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity today. I did see a squirrel running around above the savanna when I went outside.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the Egyptian walking onions that I gathered yesterday. I divided them among the cistern garden, under the contorta willow, in a pot on the old picnic table, and in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the hopniss groundnuts from yesterday. I divided them among a large pot on the old picnic table, a smaller partially buried in the septic garden, the wagonwheel garden, and the south end of the daffodil bed.
The potted ones should be fine. The wagonwheel is a terrible place for digging, but has the advantage of climbable structures already in place. The daffodil bed is a poor place for digging -- it's diggable, but has bulbs in it -- where we leaned the wood pallet from the chipper, which is climbable because the slats are spaced apart. This will allow me to test the climbing behavior of the vines.
Hopniss groundnut is a bean (and thus a nitrogen fixer) which produces edible tubers on long stringy roots, but also edible beans and edible flowers -- very pretty pink to purple flowers that will likely attract pollinators. My current plan is to see how well it grows anywhere in my yard, and whether we like the flavor of any of its parts. If it does well and we like it, then I can consider picking up more elaborate supports for it, such as a trellis with attached pots or an arbor. I like being able to start experimenting with little or no upfront cost: the tubers were free for the digging, and I already have pots and some sort of climbing framework because I like to save things. \o/
I heard a late cricket chirping slowly in the parking lot. In November. 0_o
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the perennial leeks from yesterday. I only had one small clump, so I split that in half, putting one in the cistern garden and one in a large pot on the old picnic table.
During the next year, I will largely focus on getting the leeks to settle in and grow. I may try to pick out one or two for a taste test. Right now they are about the size of young chives. I suspect that the best way to produce large, edible roots will be to separate individual shoots and plant them some distance apart, but I can worry about that later.
I've heard a titmouse and a woodpecker, but haven't seen them.
The clouds at sunset were very pretty, some streaked with pale orange. In places the sky was speckled gray and gold like the flanks of a trout. High overhead there were still white clouds in a blue sky, so you could see the layers.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity today. I did see a squirrel running around above the savanna when I went outside.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the Egyptian walking onions that I gathered yesterday. I divided them among the cistern garden, under the contorta willow, in a pot on the old picnic table, and in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the hopniss groundnuts from yesterday. I divided them among a large pot on the old picnic table, a smaller partially buried in the septic garden, the wagonwheel garden, and the south end of the daffodil bed.
The potted ones should be fine. The wagonwheel is a terrible place for digging, but has the advantage of climbable structures already in place. The daffodil bed is a poor place for digging -- it's diggable, but has bulbs in it -- where we leaned the wood pallet from the chipper, which is climbable because the slats are spaced apart. This will allow me to test the climbing behavior of the vines.
Hopniss groundnut is a bean (and thus a nitrogen fixer) which produces edible tubers on long stringy roots, but also edible beans and edible flowers -- very pretty pink to purple flowers that will likely attract pollinators. My current plan is to see how well it grows anywhere in my yard, and whether we like the flavor of any of its parts. If it does well and we like it, then I can consider picking up more elaborate supports for it, such as a trellis with attached pots or an arbor. I like being able to start experimenting with little or no upfront cost: the tubers were free for the digging, and I already have pots and some sort of climbing framework because I like to save things. \o/
I heard a late cricket chirping slowly in the parking lot. In November. 0_o
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 11/18/24 -- I planted all of the perennial leeks from yesterday. I only had one small clump, so I split that in half, putting one in the cistern garden and one in a large pot on the old picnic table.
During the next year, I will largely focus on getting the leeks to settle in and grow. I may try to pick out one or two for a taste test. Right now they are about the size of young chives. I suspect that the best way to produce large, edible roots will be to separate individual shoots and plant them some distance apart, but I can worry about that later.
I've heard a titmouse and a woodpecker, but haven't seen them.
The clouds at sunset were very pretty, some streaked with pale orange. In places the sky was speckled gray and gold like the flanks of a trout. High overhead there were still white clouds in a blue sky, so you could see the layers.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
