tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post5941373055077334933..comments2023-05-02T05:52:18.751-08:00Comments on Stop and Smell the Lichen: Garden stuff and photos....Nuna Inuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223337844864431367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-45569431468323333602012-06-05T17:52:35.592-08:002012-06-05T17:52:35.592-08:00Nice wall! I did some retaining walls for raised ...Nice wall! I did some retaining walls for raised beds when I dug my gardens for the first time. <br /><br />Don't worry about that robin Nasugraq, he has no interest in seeds. Trust me. The earthworms on the other hand, now they should be very very scared.<br /><br />When I was a kid, there were always these HUGE carpenter bees living in my Grandmother's barn. Every time I'd go out to take care of the horses, they would dive bomb me. So I can totally relate to the running and screaming. Totally. I love the honey and bumble bees where I live now. They are so nice and gentle.littlelichenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890513224954011649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-6307167590383740162012-06-04T11:29:15.967-08:002012-06-04T11:29:15.967-08:00The soil is not as bad as I dreaded! We found a n...The soil is not as bad as I dreaded! We found a nice exposed eroding section near the river and concentrated on just taking a certain strata. There is a layer of sod with plants on top, then a layer of dark rich soil with a bit of sand in it, then it gets rockier as you go down. We found a couple of spots where that good soil layer was thickest and picked axed it loose and brought it here. There was a surprising amount of organic stuff in it, with bugs and everything. I noticed that the willow roots were pretty deep and worked to keep all the stuff together. When I did some oil tests everything was high expect for the Nitrogen which was pretty deficient. I added some commercial organic fertilizer to the soil as we added it to the boxes. I really need to send a sample out to a real lab!Nuna Inuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223337844864431367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294909900531294769.post-3614936759458384132012-06-04T04:32:59.195-08:002012-06-04T04:32:59.195-08:00That lovely lil flower looks like Anemone Parviflo...That lovely lil flower looks like Anemone Parviflora-a small cousin to the Narcissus Anemone we see here above treeline shortly after snow melts off and one of my favorites.<br />Your soil there ? Ours here is powdered rock dust, glacial till, with almost no organic material below the thin skin of grasses, etc on top. what's yours like?<br />Getting excited seeing your progress !<br />Warble flies? Have heard about them, went and looked them up- yuck! Would run like mad too. <br />Alaska PiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com