In between dragging plants out of their winter homes and cleaning up the nursery, kicking snow banks, potting things on an dodging snowflakes and raindrops, I’ve finally updated the site’s Natives Page . Check it out. I’ll be adding a few stragglers later.
The time to plan your 2018 garden is now. Praise be to the rain gods. Let’s hope this breaks the drought. I’ll be opening before we know it, and I’m hoping that this year I will have more time to talk plants instead of being wedded to the hoses and irrigation system.
On the Natives Page you will find a list of my perennials, trees, groundcovers, woodies , conifers and vines that will benefit the wildlife and pollinators in your landscape, and will serve well to fill those holes where you have pulled out the nefarious invasives…. I’ve also listed my “take” on what is or should be referred to as a native, and added some quotes on the subject from a couple of my favorite gurus.
See you soon. Sharpen up that spade.
One of the more interesting facts about deer is that about the time (September or October) their coats turn from brown to gray, their stomachs change from being able to digest grasses to digesting only shrubbery, nuts and conifers. Feeding hay to starving deer in winter does nothing to save them. In the absence of acorns (for which they have to compete with wild turkeys), deer will happily dine on our prized plantings. I fear that evolution’s next trick may be to give them hands, so that they can simply open our doors and empty our refrigerators!