Nn-2022

Short list of tasks . . .

North strawberry rows

Clean up:

• [x] remove raspberries
• [x] remove gleditsia
• [ ] remove clumping fescues
• [x] final pass weeding

Planting preparations:

step 1 . . .
• [x] clear potted plants close to extent strawberry row
• [ ] level ground under smaller 2x8' rain cover
• [ ] move rain cover west by about 1m
step 2 . . .
• [x] pull back wood chips from water catchment
• [x] raise soil in lower part of row
• [u] create second shorter row next to and north of 2x8' rain cover

^ Repotting

Plants to repot:

• [x] puya yavapensis
• [x] aloe reitzii
• [x] agave vilmoriniana, single crowned
• [x] agave americana, last of four de Marin County 2013
• [ ] aloe marlothii in ~seven gallon pot
• [ ] small aloe marlothii plants 2 ct
• [ ] aloe cooperi, large flowering size plants in three-gallon pot
• [x] small aloe marlothii plants 1 ct
• [x] smallest aloe polyphylla
• [x] lemongrass de Veris

^ Potting

• [x] rosemary
• [3/n] hardy fuschias
• [x] bare root aloe maculata - 2 ct
• [x] AB Anacrusis x SDB Ultimate sdlg number three, 3 ct.
• [6/n] maverick white oak seedlings, one year one gallon

^ Planting out

Pinnacle Ridge seed based plants:
• [2/3] Pasque flower
• [4/n] arrowleaf balsamroot
Desert plants:
• [1/2] agave ovatifolia 2 ct
• [3/4] agave salmiana 4 ct
• [4/6] ice cacti 5 ct
Higher elevation wildflowers:
• [4/6] agastache de High Country Gardens 3 ct
• [x] penstemon de High Country Gardens 2 ct
• [x] "Flowerkisser" dark shadows sage de High Country Gardens
South Africa natives:
• [ ] kniphofia hirsuta
• [ ] one aloe polyphylla

Trees and native plants:

• [ ] white oak tree seedlings
• [ ] vine maple seedlings

^ Boxing up

• [x] bare root hens and chicks sedums
• [x] sedum oregonum

^ 2022-06-28

• [x] five wheelbarrows soil from north slope to driveway (~twenty wheelbarrow loads as of 7-3)
• [u] seedling iris clean up
• [x] TB Imprimis seedlings
• [ ] remaining TB RE Again and Again
• [u] chance seedlings by white ipheon bulb patch
• [ ] grasses and volunteer plants clean up about Plant Delights hybrid agave

. . .

• [x] soil to level area next to newly planted palm at north fence
• [u] compact soil, water and allow couple weeks' compaction time
• [x] mulch

. . .

• [ ] small retaining wall behind asters de 132nd street
• [ ] soil back fill
• [ ] aloe polyphylla planting

. . .

• [ ] plant brass buttons starts at foot of fence side palm
• [1/3] dig and box hellebores under rhododendron
• [ ] plant native ginger and snake plantain orchids
• [ ] plant xeryphylum tenax (beargrass) seedlings

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• [x] TB "Baker's Creek Blue" iris planting at neighbor's
• [x] iris tenax planting at neighbor's
• [ ] plant Pacific waterleaf

^ 2022-07-01

• [x] pot up red geranium
• [3/n] pot volunteer hamelt grass seedlings
• [x] pot up agave vilmoriniana
• [x] pot up haworthia, high contrast de Home Depot 2021 October
• [ ] pot up aloe brevifolia, 2 ct

^ 2022-07-03

Front lawn, front yard clean up . . .

• [u] remove and clean up two plant covers between porch and large agave
• [x] remove potted plants in lawn area in front of palm and chimney
• [ ] clean up at walkway and driveway meeting point

Leveling north back yard . . .

• [u] angular stone to top of north retaining wall
• [x] stack some fifteen large retainer blocks back from dig area

Driveway clean up . . .

• [ ] clean up under and around, and remove wood structure in front of garage

• [ ] move bricks and pavers to back yard
• [ ] remove plants to back yard
• [ ] disposition or throw away scrap wood and any other materials
• [ ] disposition five gallon buckets

^ 2022-07-04 Monday

(1) Planting and clean up . . .
• [ ] plant red tea rose next to peach rose
• [x] pot up lemongrass (cymbopogon) in taller red ceramic pot, with lemon verbena and chance lobelia by north fence gate
• [x] clean up AB Perry Dyer iris
• [ ] Locate planting places for . . .
• [x] HCG "Flower Kisser" salvia
• [ ] two remaining HCG agastache
• [ ] oregano

(2) Front bed at wall . . .

• [ ] backfill at midway point along front retaining wall

(3) Historic TB iris . . .

• [x] trim and clean Catherine Creek "pioneer" tall bearded iris
• [ ] locate three places to plant CC tall bearded iris

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