According to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS – just say it a few times to an island beat, and you’ll be able to remember it), it rained 0.17 of an inch last night. I’m thankful for any rain that lets me go another day without watering my yard.
Tag: gardening
Oh Yeah, I Forgot About That Plant
Up until last summer I spent a lot of the spring, summer, and fall hiking, driving and photographing native plants in my area. In the fall I went back to places I marked on my maps and collected seed for propagating promising natives for my own use. But the last two years I have been…
Drought Tolerant Plants, Wyoming Style
You can’t have lived in Wyoming for very long without hearing about “drought tolerant” plants. There’s a good reason for that. In central Wyoming, our annual precipitation hovers somewhere around 12-15 inches per year. Even in the “wetter” parts of Wyoming, such as the mountain foothils the annual precip is somewhere around 20 inches. The…
Struggling Plants
The sedums are doing great. Some are even in partial shade and they seem to be thriving. But some of my plants seem awful small for July,and I notice some insect damage I suspected a night time feeder. A quick trip with my flashlight tonight confirmed it. Earwigs and sowbugs. Oh the joy.
My Latest Landscaping Challenge
I’ve never had to deal with shade before. Up until now, my biggest landscaping challenge has been the relentless sun of the Wyoming range. We moved to town last year, and that has all changed. There are large, towering elm trees which shade most of my yard. I didn’t even know where to start when…
Wyoming Life 