Nn-2018
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NN 2018
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Overview
This wiki article holds Neela Nurseries' task and project notes. Completed check mark shown by code ✔.
^ 2018 Spring Tasks
Works of 2018 to get living spaces and garden spaces up and usable. Bigger tasks include,
- [ ] walking ramp south side
- [ ] walking ramp and leveled picnic table area north side
- [ ] lawn replanting and sod disposition
- [ ] steps to and middle terrace above junipers
- [ ] leaf and soil removal from east side of top fence
Some smaller but important tasks include:
- [ ] poison oak removal southeast corner
- [ ] gate creation in fence southeast corner
- [ ] mulched trail from middle terrace to southeast corner
- [ ] paver stone edging along front porch bed
- [ ] paver stone edging along large front garden bed
- [ ] raspberry patch clean up
- [✔] wild flower thinning by driveway
Tasks which are in fact bigger:
- [ ] poison oak removal southeast corner
- [ ] paver stone edging along large front garden bed
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^ 2018 Autumn Tasks
North side:
- [ ] group together frost tender plants in 18 by 30 inch bins
- [ ] group together hardy succulents to be wintered outside under rain covers
- [ ] move potted perennials able to stay outdoors to middle terrace
- [ ] complete small back-filling task at north end of middle terrace
- [ ] complete weeding, venca and debris removal from north slope
South side low:
- [ ] move firepit blocks to north slope
- [ ] clear and mulch fire pit area with wood chips
- [ ] south walking ramp project steps (1):
- [ ] continue retainer blocks along lowest topology line to ramp base
- [ ] locate and clear concrete and other debris from garage foundation corner
- [ ] lay gravel and set first retainer blocks at garage foundation corner
- [ ] mulch lower part of ramp with wood chips
- [ ] set next three retaining block rows and determine row count at garage corner
- [ ] remove tarped camelia clippings at first cherry tree and south fence
- [ ] mulch with wood chips between lowest elevation cherry trees
- [ ] mark locations for first five walking steps at second cherry tree from garage along south fence
South side high:
- [ ] lay retainer blocks at top corner iris leaf composting spot
- [ ] mark trench line for water run-off from higher property east of backyard hillside
- [ ] set two- to three-block high temporary wall just below unwashed pots
- [ ] level below wall and plant sword ferns
- [ ] level above wall and lay fine gravel
Front yard:
- [✔] trim up and mulch scarlet runner beans at foot of chimney
- [✔] trim yellow and white oriental lily stalks, weed and clean up there
- [ ] remove last bit old sod and level and replant grass seed at southeast downspout French drain
- [ ] trim over-weighted branches of piernis shrub next to deck
- [ ] dig and bundle raspberries next to split rail fence
- [ ] weed and level soil in this bed
- [ ] lay gravel and stones for waste water basin
- [ ] mulch with wood chips around gravel basin
- [ ] lay larger square walking stones two or three for access to slope along rail fence
- [ ] consider space for day lilies or agapanthus between gravel basin and strawberries in row
Notes:
(1) carry over project from 2018 spring.
^ To Ground Plants
Key plants and seedlings to get into the ground:
- [ ] all bearded iris, save pure aril iris
- [ ] hardy cyclamen seedlings
- [ ] unidentified aster type ground cover, late winter 2017 FM purchase four-inch potted
- [ ] oriental lily seedlings from lilies 2015 of Bryan Parks, Veris community garden
- [ ] oriental lily "Nettie's Pride"
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^ Buckets
2018-10-29 -- 7, 7, 8, 8, 2
2018-11-05 -- 3, 2, 3, 0, 0
2018-11-12 -- 5, 3, 4, 5, 5
2018-11-19 -- (6),
^ References to Add
HTML . . .
Specific plants and bulbs identified . . .
- http://www.wnps.org/landscaping/herbarium/seedberrylist.html
- https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Prosartes
- https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MysteryBulbs
2018-04-17
- https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/jubata-grass
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_037575.pdf
- https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/orange-hawkweed
Pollen structures . . .
Heliconus butterflies and mimicry . . .