Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Project # 2 - In Which Another Project is Started Before the Last Project is Finished

 I sincerely don't know what my problem is.

I ordered 10 yards of loam for the wildflower meadow, which is insane because I was not ready for it.  But there it is.


I started moving it by the wheelbarrow full and in two nights this was as much as I could accomplish, which included re-weeding quite a bit of the area.


Brutal hot weather has set in, and I'm not having it.  I've completely missed my window of opportunity to get any sort of annual wildflowers in at this point.  Having a short growing season is definitely a challenge; time is of the essence.  Instead I'm working toward using a cover crop.  I had bought a quantity of field peas to sow, then realized they were better suited to autumn sowing.  I've now redirected my attention to red clover, which is supposed to grow quickly, provide decent flowers for pollinators, and the first hard frost should do it in.  If it ever cools down enough that my ample derrière can manage a decent day's work, I might actually get this done.

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