Today I went looking for stuff to put in my little patches - there's no end of stuff on the retaining walls on this property.

I'll begin by showing off (like always). Here's the alyssum I seeded from that clump I rescued form the library planter last summer. I started this in January and kept repotting it - now, it's finally going somewhere:

Alyssum - May 11th, 2k5



It turned out to be a great day - I learned what Forsythia is (I was calling this stuff wisteria). This gets really long in the summer - I think I do have a picture of it with its full skirt on. Anyway, it got a haircut today - simply 'cause I wanted to get at the wild violets under it:

Forsythia - May 11th, 2k5





Those two stones you see were behind the fence - I've been meaning to get the neighbour to pass them over for the last two years. Today, Ray just happened to be out there about to water his trees and I asked him to get them for me.

I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet.



I ended up saving the stuff - I don't know what will happen with it. I've put some in the south island garden.

Forsythia Harvest - May 11th, 2k5



I painstakingly cut up all the twigs and used it for a base - then I stuck the long pieces into it, watered it well.

It's now down on what I call the south island - some of it has been stuck in my patches. More on that later.

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When sorting seeds, do not whistle.

There's my corner on the south island - I put some sprigs of that forsythia in it - don't know if they'll take.

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When sorting seeds, do not whistle.