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Projectos de 2023

^ Projects

Larger outdoor maintenance and projects 2023 . . .


^ Details

2023 large project details . . .

^ retaining wall cut out

(1) Retaining wall cut out

    [x] Mark and measure desired cut out
    [x] Call and compare concrete cutting services
    [x] called Concrete Sawing company of Clackamas County
    [x] calls on 3-27, 3-31, ..., 4-13, 4-14 on site visit, 4-17 receive quote
    [x] clear any additional space needed for cutting service providers
    [x] cutting completed
    [x] payment for cutting completed
    [x] debris removal
    [ ] create French drain feature behind exposed wall
    [ ] backfill and mulch behind cut wall
    [ ] measure and design temporary work ramp for front side of wall
    [ ] build step for front side of wall at lowest cut out

^ cherry tree pruning

(2) cherry tree pruning

    [x] created on-line request for tree removal estimate
    [x] esitmates at ~2k
    [x] top branch removal by hand started 4-2
      [x] pruning 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-8

    [x] major pruning complete
    [x] branch clean up, branch recycling 4-4, 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 4-18, 4-28, 4-29, 5-1

    [ ] second cherry tree removal

      [ ] attach temporary climbing steps above highest ladder attach point
      [ ] cut and lower branches from top third of tree crown
      [ ] branch debris to compost bin, larger branch pieces cut for kindling

 

^ apple tree planting

(3) Apple tree planting:

    (3.1) yellow tall bearded iris seedling move to center terrace
      [ ] remove rough bench and stones from between arbor vitae trees
      [ ] weed between arbor vitae
      [ ] lower soil to about five cm above path
      [ ] transplant tall bearded yellow seedlings

    (3.2) site / locate in ground place for apple tree

      [ ] take measurements:
        [ ] from concrete retaining wall bend point to path edge near upper hill willow tree
        [ ] from south arbor vitae to large ~30 year old fir tree
        [ ] from concrete wall bend point to estimated sunniest point minimum 2 meters east of same wall

    (3.3) tree planting preparation and action:

      [ ] new terrace marking and measurement about apple tree site
      [ ] first stage soil removal including hole for tree planting
      [ ] retaining wall about area of first stage soil removal
      [ ] tree planting

    [ ] second stage / tier soil removal
    [ ] retaining wall construction at second stage tier
    [ ] third stage / tier soil remove
    [ ] retaining wall construction at third stage tier

 

^ in ground aloe planting north front bed

(4) prepare in ground aloe site for planting

    [x] dying rhododendron removal underway
      [] dig and pot naturally air layered branch, appears healthy

    [2/6] six white oak seedlings removal
    [ ] retaining wall stones placed to create terrace at this site
    [ ] soil and river sand mix addition

 

^ front bed aster dividing and backfill

(5) front bed backfill at original aster planting location

    [x] all divisions of aster clump dug and lifted
    [10/n] boxed and given away
    [4/n] transplanted to new sites
      [x] aster replanted at original planting location
      [ ] aster transplanted to foot of late flowering lilac
      [ ] aster transplanted to foot of piernas shrub next to deck
      [1/2] aster transplanted to backyard north fence

    [ ] 0/n potted

 

^ middle top of hill terrace

(6) white shale stone placement, top terrace wall build

    [x] one of two stone groups moved to top of hill
    [i] middle top terrace wall construction underway
    [ ] middle top terrace backfill complete

 

^ fence repair and top south walls

(7) red fence repairs

Lower west side retaining wall work underway. Working to create wall with curved pattern . . .

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    [x] post reseating
    [x] board reattachment
    [i] English ivy removal - 2 count yard debris bins removed
    [i] poison oak removal
    [i] ground leveling
    [ ] retaining wall east higher side
    [i] retaining wall west lower side, fallen cherry to hawthorne tree

Some extensions to this work:

    [i] nuisance tree removal
    [ ] clean up nursery pots
    [ ] smaller wall at base of sod pile
    [ ] trench creation for dead poison oak branches
    [ ] plant sword fern in three gallon pot near hawthorne tree

Some things to think on:

  • planting sites for snake plantain, more trilliums
  • stone and log pieces to create forest insect habitats, e.g. centipede and milipede

^ raised vegetable beds

Site, design and construct two raised planter beds for vegetables

    [x] first of two raised beds completed
    [ ] second vegetable bed


^ New plantings tasks

[x] locate site or sites for sunflowers - raised bed, at foot of lilac, in front of northwest downspout and tallest lilies
[x] locate site for green gladiolas of march 12
[x] locate site for yellow squash - raised vegetable bed
[x] locate site for pumpkins - raised vegetable bed
[x] locate site for lettuce - raised vegetable bed

[x] Clear potted plants and tables from front yard up to north of chimney, and palm tree in front of chimney

[ ] Clear and level space between chimney and original late flowering lilac type tree, original in 2016 tree in front bed

[x] Site and locate spaces for two raised planter boxes, for above summertime vegetable planting north of sandbox


^ Smaller tasks

[ ] purple aster dividing

    [x] dig and divide Parkrose aster
    [4/n] locate and prepare / dig holes for four divisions
      [x] original Parkrose aster planting spot at front retaining wall
      [x] north fence back yard
      [ ] north fence back yard, start of NE corner retaining wall to be
      [x] low spot ladder store by house, two count places
      [1/2] foot of palm tree, north fench back yard
      [ ] downspout northwest and front corner of house

    [x] remove smaller pieces and starts from area
    [x] box divisions to give away
    [ ] pot up four divisions for later sharing and sale

 

[5/8] pot up French lavender starts
 

^ [i] Create terrace at top red fence, between white fir and maple tree

    [x] move white shale stones to top middle terrace
    [ ] create top middle terrace with shale pieces
    [ ] flatten top at level of red fence

[ ] strawberry flats preparation

[x] gleditsia tree lift and pot from strawberry row

[x] Saint John's wort removal from strawberry row

[ ] Saint John's wort removal from backyard slope


[ ] cactus repotting

    [x] ~3-24 notocactus magnificus, lemon yellow flowers (tv repair ~2000)
    [x] ~3-18 notocactus haselbergii, "Sweetheart cactus"
    [x] ~4-05 earliest barrel cactus from Portland Nursery Division Street location, cactus not ribbed
    [x] ~4-07 notocactus elegans
    [x] 2023-05-20 mammillaris hahnia
    [1/2] 2023-05-20 notocactus species, yellow spines along ribs
    [ ] cactus de Veris

^ High Country Gardens

Plant or pot up HCG perrenial flowers . . .

    [x] red columbine
    [1/2] perennial verbena 2x
    [x] cherry skullcap
    [1/2] monardella 2x, one count 2023-05-10


[x] pot up and together narcissus and pansies

^ white oak saves

White oak tree seedling salvage . . .

    [x] 4-17 large ~3-year white oaks potted, two count (severe root loss, watch for recovery)
    [x] 4-17 one-year oak potted in one-gallon
    [x] 4-18 one-year oaks potted, two count, one with 40cm long tap root into three-gallon pot (watch for recovery)
    [x] 4-19 single one-year oak to one-gallon pot
    [x] 4-24 half of south most collection of white oak seedlings moved to foot of piernas
    [x] 4-25 one year seedling to 3-gallon pot, with tiny creme and yellow narcissus from 57th street house
    [x] 5-4 oak by peach colored tea rose, front entry way (potted with next)
    [x] 5-4 oak by ipheon bulbs (potted with prior)
    [x] oak under original carnation
    [x] oak in fescue by AB iris "Desert Jubilee"
    [x] 5-10 oak by driveway a next to volunteer red bud treeling
    [x] 5-10 oak at top back hill south side, about five feet south of highest elevation trillium
    [x] 5-11 oak at southeast hilltop corner
    [ ] oak in strawberry row east end
    [ ] oak at downspout drain pipe end north backyard
    [ ] oak at lowest trillium
    [ ] oaks at foot of deck three count

^ Potting and Repotting

[ ] agave montana de 28th street
[ ] agave bracteosa de Silver Hill Seeds . . . suggest some to terracotta or ceramic pot
[3/n] Japanese maples behind garage
[x] green gladiolas in water, ten count
[x] iris unguicularis

    [] iris unguicularis in metal pot outside kitchen

 
[ ] windmill palm seedlings atop gravel pile
 
[x] AB Desert Diamond [~2023-05-03]
[x] AB Hannah's Prayer
 
Repot . . .
[x] native currents, gift from musician and madrona buyer late summer 2022
[ ] thorn-less volunteer raspberry in front bed AB iris clumps

2023-06-12 [ ] yellow syrinchium
[ ] coastal polypodium fern
[ ] native silverleaf with 2022 saved typha seedling


^ Planting In Ground

Following plants noted for planting out individually in permanent places, and also some noted for "rowing out" or planting in rows for better growth:

[x] Japanese maple under pruned cherry tree
[x] Ponderosa pine near same cherry tree
[ ] Ponderosa pine halfway up south side backyard hill
[x] large ~5year Japanese maple planted at Clackamas location
 
[x] Pacific waterleaf by garage downspout
[ ] unidentified thorny small tree near ostrich plume fern behind garage
[x] aloe maculata to edge of front porch
[ ] agastache de HCG, two-gallon white pot on porch . . . suggest north of blueberry by NW downspout
[ ] second agastache in white pot
[ ] volunteer agastache from 57th street, in pot with iris suaveolens "Mellita Vandee"
 
[ ] apple trees de S and T located behind kitchen
[ ] snake plantain orchids, two count - locate one at front walkway garage corner
 
[x, 4/n] hemerocallis seedlings, two pots . . . suggest one pot to north of palm tree by chimney
[ ] iris seedlings bearded, three pots
[ ] iris seedlings beardless, two pots . . . suggest some to:

    * ground next to blueberry near northwest downspout
    * ground by large fir tree backyard south hill

[ ] columbine seedlings, one pot
[x] mint with purple stems . . . suggest to west most strawberry row, until can be divided
[x] mint from Fogerty Creek . . . suggest behind and east of large round stone at northwest downspout
 
[x] relocate geum triflorum from underneath agave ovatifolia
[ ] geum triflorum seedlings . . . suggest behind day lily seedlings next to chimney located palm
[ ] geum triflorum in one-gallon pot

[ ] Siberian iris from 2021 GPIS beardless September plant sale


^ To Purchase

[ ] "Geotech" or comparable fabric roll
[160/n] medium size retaining blocks
7-12 15, 7-25 15, ~8-16 15:160, 8-21 18:178, ~8-31 20:198, [x] raised bed cornerstones 8 of 8
[x] lumber for one raised vegetable bed


^ ASI plant donations

3 count 1/4 AB Heart of Hearts
3 count AB Hannah's Prayer
3 count AB Afrosiab
3 count AB Eye of Excellence
5 count AB Firefly Frenzy
3 count 1/4 AB Perry Dyer
3 count RB De Nile
 

Sent 7-5 and 7-10:
Heart of Hearts, 1/4 OGB-, 3
Hannah's Prayer, OGB, 3
Afrosiab, RB, 3
Eye of Excellence, OGB, 3
Firefly Frenzy, OGB, 5
Perry Dyer, OGB-, 5
De Nile, RB, 3
AB Desert Jubilee 2 ct

Possible GPIS plant donations 2023:
TB Winter Waltz
TB Lemon Spice
TB RE Immortality
MTB Butterscotch Wine
ABM Ulalena
OGB- Perry Dyer



^ Mid Summer Tasks

In situ:
[ ] replant AB Heart of Hearts
[3/6] replant AB Hannah's Prayer

Potting up:
[ ] up pot old world sedge from Xera plants
[x] up pot quarter AB seedling iris (TB RE Immortality x AB Exotic Treasure)
[ ] up pot agave montana seedlings in five inch pot
[x] lift and pot trio pups of agave salmiana near sandbox
[x] pot no id dwarf agave plants in clear salad container
[ ] pot up agave parryi stem piece under back eve
[x] lift and pot bluest agave seedling from 28th street, 2017 seedling
[x] lift and pot largest of three offsets from last PD agave purchase, a three-way cross

Infrastructure:
[i] clean up front north fence area about dying rhododendron


^ Late Summer Tasks

[x] pot up agave yavapensis
[x] 2023-09-08 and 10 - pot vanilla leaf seed - seeded in two count one gallon pots
[x] 2023-09-16 - pot up two loose aloe cooperi
[x] pot up smallest of 2017, 28th street agave scabra x agave "Sharkskin" seedling offsets
[x] 2023-09-16 - pot agave parryi de downtown Milwaukie
[x] 2023-09-16 - pot up aloe striatula seedling
[ ] pot pink agastache seed
[x] 2023-09-15 - pot up "fiddle camp" agave and barrel cactus, keeping together
[ ] pot up two 09-06 agave salmiana offsets
[ ] plant second of 1/4 AB sdlng plants, cross (TB Lady Friend x AM Ameera)

[x] 2023-09-16 - aloe arborescens cutting with extended rooting in water
[ ] dwarf hybrid aloes
[ ] soap aloe offsets
[ ] Rocky Mountain penstemon seed
[ ] agastache seed HCG plant, largest pink form

[ ] pot spider plants
[ ] pot golden pothos
[ ] pot rooted sansiviera cuttings


^ 2023 Autumn Tasks


^ 2024 Winter Tasks

[i] complete stone fill around exposed north fence post

    [i] level soil east of northeast corner fence
    [x] lay fabric
    [x] backfill with stone

[ ] clear pots from north arbor vitae
[7/8] pot eight largest madronas
[6/12] pot twelve largest white oak from front
[28/30] pot up twelve giant sequoia
[ ] create safe steps to northeast fence gate
[ ] move smaller stones 5 cm and under to south side of north arbor vitae

Noted 2024-01-24:

[ ] clear and clean space about back door
[ ] build three tiered shelving unit in garage for air conditioner, tool trays and plant trays
[ ] construct cover over largest A. salmiana on backyard slope

[ ] construct medium size retainer block wall at cut away soil by back door

^ edit point

2024-02-21:4

[1/3] transplant bleeding heart to backyard fence line
[ ] transplant bleeding heart to foot of Hawthorne tree southeast corner backyard
[x] transplant one mahonia nervosa
[1/2] transplant two sword ferns to fence line

Vegetable garden preparation, seeds to plant:

[ ] plant Alma paprika pepper seeds
[ ] plant Roma tomato seeds
[ ] plant unknown aster from Wawona, gathered 2023 October

^ edit point

Watch:

[i] Achlys seeds in two two-gallon pots
[i] vine maple seeds in two two-gallon pots
[i] native wild ginger in round 15 cm pot

Clean up:

[1] trim dead twigs from north front beds, strawberry row
[1] remove spreading raspberries middle north front yard
[ ] move iris from under agave salmiana
[ ] thin asters by Japanese maple
[ ] divide red hot pokers by Japanese maple

^ edit point 2024-03-06

One . . .
[ ] remove plastic weed barrier from front garden bed north side
[ ] start upper small block retaining wall at end of row of strawberries
[ ] clean up volunteering raspberries in strawberry rows
[x] remove Saint John's wort in strawberry rows
[ ] mulch along split rail fence line

Two . . .
[ ] construct lower smaller block wall at site of perished rhododendron
[ ] backfill with soil
[ ] plant two count iris unguicularis

^ 2024 Spring Tasks

Three . . .
[x] lift and pot volunteer gleditsia from near front porch
[x] lift and pot windmill palm from seed from Broadway Street, again near front porch
[ ] level and mulch small area north of raised garden bed
[i] weed along arilbred iris row, front lawn

Four . . .
[x] transplant cone flower to next to Japanese maple front bed
[i] transplant cone flower to open breaks in strawberry row
[ ] transplant cone flower to next to lilac
[x] plant in ground apple tree of S and T

Potting - repotting and potting up:

[ ] pot Ameera x Lady Friend bare iris rhizomes
[ ] plant in ground TB RE Immortality rhizomes presently in moist sequoia needles
[ ] pot up "no id" aril iris seedlings in four inch pot atop bricks front of garage
[3/4] pot up lifted 28th street agave seedlings
[3/4] pot up Sunshine Milwaukie agave parryi pups, four count
[x] pot yellow flowering delospermum

[ ] pot up columbia desert parsley in six inch square starter pot

[ ] pot individually agave montana seedlings de 28th street

^ grass replanting

[ ] remove poor sode from south front corner of lawn
[ ] add better soil
[ ] smooth and compact
[ ] plant seed

^ clean ups

front and north
[ ] remove asters by piernas
[ ] remove asters, chicory, yarrow by large round rock at NW downspout
[i] clear asters and grass around ipheon

front and middle
[ ] remove grasses from yucca hesperaloe
[ ] pot up five or six small stoechas

front and south
[ ] pot up ascalpes by driveway

Red hot pokers re-siting
[ ] find new location for two large volunteer red hot pokers
[ ] divide yellow red hot poker plant

^ References


 

 

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