2023-04-22: Every Day is Earth Day

Saturday, April 22, 2023

High: 64.0

Low: 44.2

Mostly Cloudy, rain in the morning

Tasks

• Went to two plant sales: FBGC and WNC Farmer's Market. Got a few things:
• Perennial sunflower from Blue Briar
• Earliglow strawberry starts (5)
• Big leaf aster (2)
• Yacon
• Mayapple (2)
• Garden phlox
• Sochan
• Early Girl tomato (2)
• Planted the two viburnums along the back fence
• Planted the five new strawberry starts
• Planted the Mayapple and Big Leaf Aster
• The $15 figs at Whole Foods were sold out!
• Made a connection with Bear Necessity Farm about figs
• Mowed the front yard (need to weed whack to get to the tough spots)
• Attempted to transplant/propagate what I think is a "Sweet William" that was growing on the westside bank

Ideas:

• Give the figs some liquid fertilizer on their next watering
• I'm intrigued by propagation and digging up plants, spreading their roots, etc. The Mayapples that I bought were in a container but were freshly uprooted. They were loose in the container. It was like someone just dug them up and put them in there this morning. I could do that. Also, the perennial sunflower I got from Blue Briar was propagated by root division.

Every day is earth day

Comfrey going nuts

This part of the path is boomin'

Well respected

Viburnum 

Viburnum (Blackhaw)

Found thee beauties growing on the bank

Tried transplanting this into the garden. It was growing on the bank.

Mayapple

Earliglow