March 11 , 2021
Marching Through A Topsy-Turvy Year
A yr ago on Friday the 13th , I accept a holiday day to get down to saltation garden cleanup . Before gloving up ( in the days before masking up ) , I checked e-mail and learned that Austin PBS was moving to remote mathematical operation now . Since we had anticipated this directive , place operation were in piazza to carry on remotely , except for all editing . We think we ’d have another day to get that in property . Anyway , I brought home my calendar personal organizer , count on I ’d just move edits , studio apartment record , and location shoots back a few weeks . I always cart around an external drive with all of CTG ’s non - video assets ( backed up , of course of action ) , since I do a mess of non - editing / video work at home at all hours anyway . Other plus live in the cloud . But as May come along , I was editing on my home laptop computer at the kitchen tabular array and doing Zoom interview . Since the pandemic situation was n’t wrangled as hope , later the post ’s consecrated engineering team acquire me set up at home to edit all of CTG ’s video and newfangled at - home projects .
A yr afterwards , we ’re still working from home . Our garden attend a mint different this March , too . My Mexican plum tree ’s usual Valentine ’s Day flowers got nipped in the bud . But just a week after the heavy freeze , flowers embraced the very top branches . In proceedings , bee were back in business . March always means something novel every day as plant start stepping out of winter quiescence . This yr , however , comes with sigh of stand-in ! I was n’t concerned that freeze would get my very young native red buckeye ( Aesculus pavia ) , but I sure feared that last summertime ’s drought had . Instead , it surprised me literally overnight . Red buckeye ’s a shrub / small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree for part shade that pushes out noteworthy red flowers in natural spring to eat migrating hummingbirds . On a sojourn to Scott Odgen ’s garden , his was poise to unfurl . My Mexican Cercis canadensis ’s not putting on a glamourous show , but it ’s not skitter out , either . My live oak tree looks pretty lean , though if I squinch , I can see leaf bud come out . Roses are definitely back in gear . If yours are , too , you may go ahead and prune , but await to fertilize if that ’s part of your routine . Lupinus subcarnosus around town guarantee wild flower - peep soon!Most of my native perennial are leafing out , admit frostweed ( Verbesina virginica ) in part shade . Also in part shade : native coralberry ( Symphoricarpos orbiculatus ) . Birds chomp its last fruits during Snowvid . Leucojum bulbs pour down out fresh efflorescence after the sudden scare , along with pink - flowered oxalis that usually guarantee a bee fest . Narcissus ‘ Sweetness ’ add up through as common . Although diminutive , it ’s a dependable rejoinder for us . Around the neighborhood , a chunk of daffodils ( Narcissus ) ringed a tree diagram , so they ’ve been around awhile . On a quick sojourn to interior designer / plantsman Scott Ogden ’s garden , Algerian iris snuggled up to a standing cypress seedling . His aboriginal Sabal minor ( nanus palmetto ) is tough as nails . Silver saw palmetto was just fine , too . Scott noted that needle palm is never fazed by our freezing . spectacular windmill palm ’s wide irradiation caught those of the sun . temperature hit the 80s just a few weeks after 9 degrees . His Dioon edule near the street suffered no damage . On the other hand , mine is prosperous browned . Like the sago palms ( cycad ) , it may well recuperate and direct out new folio in a few months . Again , patience is the watchword here!A statuesque cactus break off into sections . Although beheaded by nature , it ’s putting out ontogenesis on top . Scott ’s adopted longanimity with many of his succulents , as we all should . Still , this aloe is plausibly gone . The long - term beacons in my neighborhood are sad mushy lump like this one , but we ’ll see what happens . Scott ’s ‘ Green Goblet ’ agave sailed through without a whimper . Others of his agaves are flatten like this one I see around town . Even if still alive , it will take for a while to maturate newfangled leaves , so it ’s really up to the nurseryman ’s patience and esthetic expectation . Still , there ’s still so much hope in our gardens as every day turns over a new leaf ! And whatever your vox populi about dandelions , they ’re a sure admonisher that resiliency is all around us . By the way , I experience this shot while jog a few leaves for my indoor bunny rabbit , Jamie . I blocked the sun reflected off the flagstones with a leg stretchiness and my foot !
Thanks for stopping by ! Next week , check Linda
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