LysmachiaMoon's blog: I explore the Fairy Glen

Much warmer this morning and very foggy. Took a cup of joe with me up the hill to the Fairy Glen area. Spread around a little woodchip mulch. I sure hope I did not leave that pile in one place too long...I think I planted bulbs under it...

That only took a few minutes, so I started exploring the Fairy Glen proper...its still pretty much wild and untouched. I planted a couple of small forsythia back down there a few years ago...not sure they even survived. However, what with nature taking its course and all, it's actually opened up quite a lot down in there. As the trees have grown up and shaded it, a lot of the thorns and honeysuckle have died off (remember the Aborigine story about the apples?). I really think that I might go ahead and start in on that upper area where I am hoping to put my "Asian Garden". The soil has eroded even more from around the big rocks and the autumn olives that came up there now look very pretty... With some judicious pruning, they might be striking small trees. I think the first and simplest thing to do is get up there with the wire cutters and secateurs and try to get out that section of old sheep fence. It's a tripping hazard to say the least.

Since the gardening year is really reaching the doldrums (I think it's too late to transplant things; too early to seed), I guess the best thing I can do as long as the weather holds is clean up and cut brush back. Also, need to haul in more compost and mulch but it's too wet to do that today. Everything is saturated after a long day and night of soaking rain.

Worried about my young weeping willow that I transplanted to the top of the Fairy Glen last fall. It was a pretty big tree and it took a lot of effort so I'd hate to lose it. But, there's a row of shelf fungi growing up the trunk and the entire one side of the trunk is cracked open. The back side is new healthy bark and cambium so I'm hoping that I may be able to cut away the rotting areas and still have a viable tree. I forgot to take cuttings from the top last summer; should do that without fail this spring. I'd like to root up about 10-12 of them for eventual sale in a few years. the willow that I sold last spring went like a flash and I had almost 20 inquiries for it.

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