thistlebloom
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I trimmed the suckers off one of the maples today and trudged the trimmings over to a nearby "long term " compost pile. One I used to fill with customer deadheadings and whatnot when I didn't have enough of a load to make a dump run worth it.
I haven't made a deposit to this area for probably three years.
There was a large ferny something growing up through the tangle that looked familiar. I took a closer look and was so pleased to discover I have a large sweet cicely growing there!
This fall I'ma gonna dig her up and give her a respectable place in one of the beds. This is a plant that books say wants shade and moist soil, and there it was, in the full all day sun, in an area that never gets summer water. And looking very robust to boot!
It must have started from seeds from trimmings. I've been admiring one at a job, and thinking I would seriously pursue looking for one at a nursery for myself. They aren't a very common sight at the nurseries I frequent.
I'm going back out to check and see if the seedpods have opened. If not, I'll be collecting those puppies!
I haven't made a deposit to this area for probably three years.
There was a large ferny something growing up through the tangle that looked familiar. I took a closer look and was so pleased to discover I have a large sweet cicely growing there!
This fall I'ma gonna dig her up and give her a respectable place in one of the beds. This is a plant that books say wants shade and moist soil, and there it was, in the full all day sun, in an area that never gets summer water. And looking very robust to boot!
It must have started from seeds from trimmings. I've been admiring one at a job, and thinking I would seriously pursue looking for one at a nursery for myself. They aren't a very common sight at the nurseries I frequent.
I'm going back out to check and see if the seedpods have opened. If not, I'll be collecting those puppies!