the latest at the farm

the last bit of yesterday was finished off at the farm, doing some general clean-up and a bit of planting. the guys weed whacked and planted clusters of jade in the succulent mother garden – i poked around taking pictures and organizing the accumulating detritus that the wind brings in on the field. on the driveway, a number of volunteers have established well in the compacted gravel. seed from Shasta Daisys, Nepeta, Stock and Feverfew – all have been brought in from my truck or the wind, and have settled nicely in various parts of the long driveway. it’s weird how you can try so hard to get something to grow in your garden, and it dies. but do nothing to cultivate a plant elsewhere, and it thrives. the mother garden is maintaining well, despite a lack of water and attention. some of the succulents are growing, but most are just maintaining, bright in color and healthy – but not exuding too much energy this time of year.

teeth i found in the field

i forget the name of this ground cover...

yarrow who planted itself in the driveway

discolored tree frog on the water tank pump...

Feverfew in the driveway

echeveria growing in the mother garden with concrete blocks

Aeonium growing in the mother garden

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 9:25 am | Gardening | RSS

5 Responses to “the latest at the farm”

  1. Jamey Arlen says:
    November 18, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    What’s up, I read your blog regularly. Your writing style is witty, keep up the good work!

  2. phyte club katie says:
    December 22, 2011 at 11:49 pm

    Love the teeth and the frog. It would make my day to find either in my garden (well, my imaginary garden, I mean, at this point). And isn’t it great when medicine volunteers in the cracks in your driveway? Happy belated solstice! xo

  3. Katherine says:
    January 31, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Just wanted to give you a shout from the valley of the sun, great information. Much appreciated.

  4. Jason Traylor says:
    February 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    Wow!! I didn’t do enough research on you!! I had no idea about the blog and Facebook page. Your photography is excellent. I am going to amend my post and add stuff.
    You are amazing, I could learn a ton from you!!
    Thanks for letting me blog about your fantastic stuff.

  5. jenn says:
    February 5, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Thanks! And thanks for the shout out on FB…

    Readers – check out Jason’s new garden blog!!