Comin' Along

Wow, it's been a minute! A lot's going on in my personal life, but I've been getting out a little more since the weather's been warmer, and it's been really heartening to see all the little plants just beginning to come up. I've come across some Ribes roezlii just putting out some leaflets, some happily budding Cornus nuttallii, a really fat squirrel, and tons of gorgeous early plants in the Pinus jeffreyi complex. I'd add photos but I don't feel like transferring them LOL.

My garden's also coming along nicely! I planted a half dozen or so Aesculus californica seeds (could you really call something that large a seed? I'd qualify those as naturally-occurring tennis balls instead) and they've all popped up their first cotyledons within two weeks of each other! The two exposed to the eastern sunlight are doing better than the shady ones and the western ones, so I'm eager to see the differences between the development of all six. Something about them just brings me so much comfort.

I was also gifted a gorgeous little blue Agave species from a friend which is PERFECT for my little front yard patch. My Lonicera hispidula has also been going nuts since we moved last year, and it's climbed my porch and anchored itself around the plant rack, trapping several succulent pots that I've had to leave out in the elements. One died from the freeze, the other two are unbothered. On the bright side, this tenacious vining habit is providing some really nice shade cover for the little garden ferns my mom planted with them. Silver lining, I guess. I think that's about it. We're enjoying some nice springtime wet weather after a very dry winter right now. I haven't checked the weather to see how long it'll last, but oh well.

Next time I'll come back with photos!