Tritelleia is coming up! That is, if the trampling deer don’t squash it. And a few of the Camas bulbs I transplanted around due to their dormancy where they had been under the pines: Howelli and Cusecki. Little bits of Castilleja, penstemons, wild blue flax, bluebells , leafing out.
The coyotes have been around, but Wiley’s a little late to the party this time:
The coyotes aren’t the only ones partying pond-side:
Finally found cloches that just keep vermin from eating the plants. Rusted-bronze cages that self-stake into the ground. They blend into the mulch, you can hardly see them. I’ve put 4/6 around so far, maybe the two little red huckleberry plants the deer have leveled will forgive me and come back to grace the yard. I’ve also put up four low portable linking fences that also self-stake, circling places the deer have injured but need to stay out of. They are also hard to see, fortunately, so I must stay on trail. So far none have been breached or moved at all, including one that has been there about a month. I am presuming the deer and other critters who have not brought down my modest fence can see it and just choose to go around, which is what I am trying to achieve.
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