April 16 2005
- New plantings:
- 100 square feet seedball mix, sage rage seed balls around house and septic field
- Big blue sage
- Engleman's sage
- Mealy blue sage
- Scarlet sage
- Texas sage
Posted in 2005 Journal, Habitat
April 07 2005
- Planted:
- Cenizo sage near house
- Rosemary near faucet at edge of bed to begin perimeter protection
- Black cherry (did not survive summer)
- Lavender
- Lemon thyme
Posted in 2005 Journal, Habitat
April 04 2005
- Started swales behind tuff shed above septic field
- New swale built below house, with rocks and twigs appox. 80 feet
- Cleared many baby junipers
Posted in 2005 Journal, Erosion
March 24 2005
- Heard golden cheeked warblers at river bottom, near house and at North pasture (no juniper clearing during warbler nesting season)
- Saw great blue heron at river
- Saw snake in river
- Leopard frog and cricket frog on river trail
- Lady bugs everywhere
- Racoons tore through window screen in barn and got into seed cans stored in barn (repaired screen and removed climbing things from under the window)
- Wren nesting in new house on back porch
- Hung new wren house on front porch
Posted in 2005 Journal, Census
March 24 2005
- Planted around house:
- Pink salvia
- Rosemary
- Butterfly bush
- Creeping rosemary
- Continued rock walk on trail to river
- New septic feild plantings topped with potting soil and bat guano
Posted in 2005 Journal, Habitat