When you “contract” with the baby bunnies to start doing garden cleanup.
“Will work for food”
They are “trimming” the stalks left from the Asian lilies. The Asian lilies finished blooming a month ago. I deadhead (most) and leave the stems to build strength for next year and then die back. Hopefully the bunnies didn’t get at them too soon. Time will tell.
Bunimous (named because he is dinosaur sized as rabbits go – haha 😂) decided which Asian lily blooms I should have in a vase. He must have started his munching but then left a broken stalk for me. Thanks Bunimous!
In the background is the daylily seeds result for this year – one for sure. I think the other two are grass – I think. Those two will go up to the camping land in a spot that gets enough sun and does not totally dry out. If they surprise me, AWESOME! If not, they will be in good company. More to come on that and change of seed soil in future blogs.
The asian lily below just bloomed. That plant is one that fell in the category of “tulip” syndrome. It bloomed strong year one, faded year two, and is now “iffy,” for blooming each year. Like the faded tulips, I leave it in the ground just to see if it will do anything. And it provides early greens when the garden is first coming up in spring.
The clematis could be trimmed, but hey! It covers the boring bare rock 🙂
Now you see it
Now you don’t
It was actually a surprise remnant from a hosta I moved last year, so no big. Bunimous has good taste – 🤣
Beautiful spring. The crocuses blooming, the oak leaves saying goodbye, and a hint, just a hint, of bunny activity. Now I need to research – don’t rabbits like crocuses? I thought they did. Or is that the coffee grounds at work? Should I move that oak leaf covering the crocus or will that be the temptation tipping point for the bunny – who we often see, and its buddies. What is happening here? Ok with bunnies eating the garden??? It’s ok – those tulips don’t bloom – haha!
Well, for sure no more coffee grounds – that is in moderation only. Maybe leave it as it occured, and let the wind make the decision.
It did.
Wow! February 29! Spring is around the corner, right? I hope so.
We filled February with a lot of activities, and the month was fun, but I’m so ready for gardening season.
My daylily seeds are in the refrigerator getting prepped for planting in two weeks. The days are getting longer, but the snow piles remain. Still, my shamrocks are back in bloom, and, right on cue, my hibiscus bloomed for the first time this year on February 26th. How does it do that so consistently? Soon another bloom will brighten a couple days.
Outside at our townhome, the sedum I left for the birds fed another as well. Can you tell who else liked it?
Glad to see it go to good use!
Up north we have ample snow as well – ample as in higher than the bottom of the doors the last time we made a day trip. But soon the wonder of the thawing woods will arrive. We’ll see how our fall planted bulbs fare, and if the asclepias and coneflowers made it through the weedy hugelkultur garden and the long winter. Dare we plant daylily seedlings? Still undecided.
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