February 19, 2026
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The other day I took some small cuttings off the red osier dogwoods (Cornus sericea) I planted last spring and then I realized that MH had much bigger ones and asked if he could spare a few stems. He brought some over last night and then I cut them into 8 to 10" pieces. Today I put them into the ground, first using a thin rod from something or other to make the hole, then pushed them in up to 6" deep. I put about 6 over by the black cherry, 10 near the existing one on the south hill, and 5 on the other side of the driveway. The latter I put a cage around - I put them close enough to fit in one of the cages meant for tree protection I still have. I think I'm going to leave the ones on the hill unprotected, but soon I'll make a big cage to put around the ones by the black cherry. I still have 20 cuttings sitting in about two inches of water; I want to see if they'll root so I'm going hang on to them for a week or so.
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