March 21, 2026
seasonal review, planting log, herbaceous, trees, shrubs, fruit | permalink
This winter was the least busy season I've had gardening since moving into the house, which comes down to two things: 1) it being winter and also a particularly snowy one (though that did mean some shoveling) 2) not trying to start any plants inside (aside from a few for the vegetable garden), unlike last year.
Here's a list of the things I did do:
- spread container of ashes around bur oak
- plant swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata, aka rose milkweed) seeds in southern-facing hillside (removing some ornamental grass and plant in its place)
- move large rocks to curb, replace the ones around herb garden
- (re)plant hemp dogbane around rocks in front
- buy 50 more feet of 48-foot-tall fencing
- go to talk on backyard habitats by Katie Fisk
- prune the red or black oak with two trunks
- take cuttings from red osier dogwoods, cut up red osier canes MH brought over, and put in water to plant later
- plant some of the red osier cuttings directly
- watch this "masterclass" on composting
- watch Cummins Nursery videos on pruning applies
- read this article on co-existing with deer
- restake fencing around eastern redbud near picnic table
- prune/train apple trees
- buy mycorrhizal fungi (at least 2 lbs) from MycoBloom
- prune/train pear tree
- make cages for elderberries and red osiers
- plant elderberry cuttings
- get another chipdrop
- spread woodchips on western woodland edge (not yet finished)
- extend southern woodland edge to include elderberries
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