After planting corn yesterday I have had some time to take pictures of the perennials.
Some of them that I thought didn't make it(like some of the crab apples) actually did make it!
(2 of 7):
Here are some of the oak trees.. Both the burr and gamble oaks have returned!(2 of 6)
Many of the nanking cherries have returned as well(this is 1 of 7):
And the very hardy siberian pea shrub is picking up steam(1 of 8):
Here is sand cherry, a tough and easy to propagate shrub with edible berries(1 of 6):
The manhurian apricots have also returned!(1 of 6):
Sumac(1 of 5):
Maximillian sunflower(1 of 5):
New Mexican privet(1 of 8):
Serviceberry(1 of 4):
Seaberry(1 of 8):
Blackberry(I thought it was history, 1 of 1):
Honey Locust seedling(1 of 1):
Comfrey(1 of many):
Wax Currant(1 of 3):
Having made it through the first winter I will be giving them more irrigation/attention and taking cuttings from established shrubs.. You may have noticed the sand cherry needs pruning, which will result in a bunch of new plants!
And on the annual front, I am doing corns, beans and squash in a three sisters style garden, along with tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, greens, etc..
After I am done sowing and planting for the early summer, my attention will turn towards a new earthen chicken coop, featuring my patented new cutting edge brick design, affectionately named "dino poo"(patent pending=), which are circular paddies about 6 inches in diameter.
This design should allow easy corbelling so that I can create a small free standing vault!(the chicken version is a test for something larger=)
