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These pictures are from Sunday, but it's after midnight so the timestamp will say Monday. See the savanna and house yard.


The leaves have been raked off the rain garden. Several lavender crocuses are blooming there.

The leaves have been raked off the rain garden.


A sparrow perches in a bush in the house yard.

A sparrow perches in a bush in the house yard.


At the edge of the purple-and-white garden are the five new cobblestones I bought.

At the edge of the purple-and-white garden are the five new cobblestones I bought.


Something has dug a hole here, probably a squirrel. Few of the bulbs in this garden are tasty -- many are alliums -- but squirrels still like to bury nuts and stuff on their own.

Something has dug a hole here, probably a squirrel.  Few of the bulbs in this garden are tasty -- many are alliums -- but squirrels still like to bury nuts and stuff on their own.


These spring bulbs are sprouting in the purple-and-white garden.

These spring bulbs are sprouting in the purple-and-white garden.


The new picnic table holds two finished flats of pots plus the new flat and some larger pots.

The new picnic table holds two finished flats of pots plus the new flat and some larger pots.


These are the three test labels after two months of exposure. The old Sharpie marker is barely legible. The other two are still quite clear.

These are the three test labels after two months of exposure.  The old Sharpie marker is barely legible.  The other two are still quite clear.


Here is a closer view of all three.

Here is a closer view of all three.


This is the old Sharpie marker label. You can see how it's just a collection of dots with faint lines connecting them. The darker dots show where the marker paused, depositing more ink.

This is the old Sharpie marker label.  You can see how it's just a collection of dots with faint lines connecting them.


The white garden stands at the southwest corner of the driveway.

The white garden stands at the southwest corner of the driveway.


Tiny snowdrops are just beginning to bloom.

Tiny snowdrops are just beginning to bloom.


The wagonwheel garden stands at the northwest corner of the driveway.

The wagonwheel garden stands at the northwest corner of the driveway.


This is my new pink rock with big chunks of mica. I'd like to get a second one so I can point them in opposite directions. The idea is to have the mica act as a reflector at night.

This is my new pink rock with big chunks of mica.  I'd like to get a second one so I can point them in opposite directions.  The idea is to have the mica act as a reflector at night.


Here are the 'Royal Family' hollies. Some of the leaves are browning despite the ground being mud, likely due to the desiccating winter winds.

Here are the 'Royal Family' hollies.  Some of the leaves are browning despite the ground being mud, likely due to the desiccating winter winds.

Date: 2025-03-03 11:48 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shirebound
Spring is on its way, hooray. I like the idea of the mica reflectors.

Date: 2025-03-03 06:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ribirdnerd
Signs of spring!

Date: 2025-03-03 09:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pameladean
That rock is lovely.

Another thing about squirrels, at least in my yard, is that they will dig up things they don't want to eat, just to be sure, do the squirrel equivalent of, "Eww, no, that's poisonous" and just leave everything to dry out. I have given up on hyacinths and it took forever and a chickenwire cage to get winter aconite to take. They dig up lilies too, but those are hardier and each flake off a bulb eventually turns into another lily.

P.

Date: 2025-03-05 04:42 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] full_metal_ox
I’m a bit surprised that they reject the lily bulbs, although that may be a matter of species and cultivar; the fresh Japanese edible lily bulb I’ve tried has the crunchy and juicy texture and sugary sweetness of a Vidalia onion—minus the onion flavor.

https://norioonwine.blogspot.com/2023/03/lily-bulb.html

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