March 7, 2026
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Last year, I ordered and planted a dozen elderberry cuttings from Rivers Hills Harvest. It was moderately successful - I think seven or eight have survived - and so I decided to do it again. I planted the first one on February 20, but then life - mostly snow - got in the way and I planted six on March 1, four on March 5, and the last one on March 7. About half of them went in between the others on the western woodland edge, one went on the south hill among a bunch of red osier cuttings I planted, and the remaining four went together in a circle (saved a bunch of fencing work) at the southern woodland edge, in front of the white oak. The four at the southern woodland edge and one on the other side got a dose of mycorrhizal fungi. The intention is for those on the woodland edges I'm creating to be part of a hedge, partly for wildlife and partly for blocking the view of the road.
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