I am having some mixed feeling tonight -happy that the two year renovation project at the historic cemetery is done, and it will mainly be maintenance and replacements going forward, but also a little sad. It has been very creative, and iterative, and the challenge was also invigorating. But the past two weeks have been very sprint-y in nature, so to have it wrap up feels weird, like the week after New Years.

Today I planted six more daylilies, each with a daffodil bulb to protect against moles.

I also planted some loose daylily roots (they look like tubers) that were at the bottom of the box from my order last week. I don’t know it they will do anything. We shall see.

Tomorrow I need to go put in markers. I have notes, but markers are also nice. Even if the writing fades, they remind me “something is there, don’t weed”. Next year when things start coming up, that will be very helpful.

I also trimmed some of the perennials at the historic cemetery today. I like to trim after bloom so the plants don’t spend energy on seed, and also to keep up, so the fall cutback is easier.

At the townhouse, I was tempted to put off the planting of the Blue Mouse Ears hosta divisions. I really am having to get creative to find places for them. So far it has been along the path. Today I planted one large division and two medium divisions. I have two medium sized divisions left that still need a home. I suppose tomorrow I will do that.

Then I only have to get two pots of 2024 unknown seedlings into their temporary 2025 growing space, and transplant a Bluebells clematis volunteer (very healthy), and I will be DONE for the year, minus weekly fall cutback, of course. Any leftover daffodils (there will be very few) will go into a pot of dirt in the garage for forcing. That is always fun to have that spring prelude indoors.

I have to say, I am tired of planting and transplanting, which is not normal for me. But I had the sprints from the order arrival, and I had a lot of digging, dividing, and transplanting at the townhouse in the past few weeks. I think those types of planting will be done now for quite a few years again, and I will go back to just planting and transplanting daylily seedlings.

On the daylily propagation topic, I harvested 5 Purple D’Oro X Pink Tirza seeds this week, from the only productive Pink Tirza pod.

The other pods are still ripening. The Mystery Yellow Freebie pod was not productive. I need to research that one this winter.

So, planting has been fun, but exhausting with the urgency and volume. Wrapping up the two year renovation project at the historic cemetery feels a bit funny, but still very joyful, and seeds are just now starting to come into harvest time.

I should probably rest a bit. Fall cutback is up next.