Tuesday, 14 April 2026
My weeding job has just become more difficult. I’m working on a plan to remove the above-ground PI, and will have to be careful with the soil…for the next FIVE years…since the oils that I’m allergic to will remain toxic for that long.
Saturday, 11 April 2026
Just one day later, and, whew, the peonies are open! That red is stunning.
Friday, 10 April 2026
Last week we had Major League Baseball opening day. Today was peony half-opening day.
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Here’s a wide-angle of the sky, now accumulating leaves.
These are new leaves at ground level. Later, these become almost leathery and stiff.
Sunday, 5 April 2026
We got some rain today, but not off-and-on much of the day, which was one prediction I heard. Note that the rain and tree detritus are making the azalea blooms droop. Several hours after this, the sun came out and lasted for quite a while. Still, it’s down to 59°F right now, quite a drop from the 80s we’ve been enduring.
Saturday, 4 April 2026
This plant had a branch that ran along the ground and sprouted roots…
…so I cut it off the mother plant and planted it about a dozen feet away. I don’t understand how what should be a genetic clone (seems to me) has much more white mixed in with the pink.
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Let’s parse this. Headline: it’s pokeweed. There’s a fat root, a new sprout, and, next to it, a dry old stem that the goats left.
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Overall, I think highly of the data my AppleWatch reports. Truth: it does a poor job of counting flights of stairs, always low. However, that count is not a meaningful statistic for me, so I remain happy with ole WanderWatch.
Monday, 30 March 2026
I did more plant purging today, which most people call weeding. My focus was poke salad (aka pokeweed, Phytolaca americana), which I discovered have massive, fat roots (which may have another function/name, but they look like roots). Anyway, you can tell how spring is progressing, that the phase we’re in is “emergence of pokeweed.” BTW, the photograph is of Star of Bethlehem.
