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submitted 4 months ago by ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net to c/gardening@hexbear.net

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It's starting to feel like false spring around here, which has me thinking about growing things.

It's been a couple of years since I have been able to have a real garden, I haven't been able to dedicate the energy to it.

I did however plant some fruit trees and bushes last year, and I'm already looking at how to help them grow some more this year.

I've already made the inadvisably early purchase of some bare root strawberry plants.

What are my gardening comrades doing in the face of the approaching growing season for the northern hemisphere, or how are you winding things down in the southern hemisphere?

What are you planning on growing this season or what did you grow this season?

What's your favorite gardening tip?

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's so fantastic, if I ever get a place of my own I really would love to rewild my yard. I tried to plant native flower seeds at an old apartment but the new landscapers weed whacked them all down to the root agony-wholesome

Have you noticed a difference in wildlife over time?

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes I'm very grateful and lucky to have this opportunity. Without details, I hope to spend the rest of my life here so I'm happy to be patient and plant tiny trees.

Differences - yes. So far the biggest one is the amount of bugs, especially in the warmer months. I look out and I see clouds of flying insects and when there isn't traffic noise you hear a thrum of bees and other buzzing insects. I have also started seeing more birds around the yard as shrubs have gotten taller. When it was just grass, there wasn't much for little birds to hide in, but now they are much more likely to hang out because there are shrubby branches and stuff to mess around in and also there's more insects for food. I even saw a falcon land out on the raspberry frame once, and another time a type of local hawk. Racoons dig around in the yard more than they used to but that's OK, the fact that they're finding things to eat indicates that there's healthy soil life for them to dig up. There's tons of deer in the area and they've always gone through the yard, but last year in the summer a mom left her two babies in a patch I've been rewilding that was just grass 3-4 years ago. Deer moms only leave their babies in places they think are safe, so I took that as a good sign.

Things I haven't seen in the yard proper yet include snakes (I tried building a hibernacula but either it's not suitable or no snakes have found it yet), or aquatic critters (there is a little pond here that I didn't build but it is full of invasive goldfish that would eat any frog/newt eggs)

Most of the shrubs and native trees I've planted are only a foot high or so. With any luck, the place will look very different in a decade.

@ratboy@hexbear.net here are a couple pics of the fawns:

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thats so great! The babiiiies how adorable! Sounds like you've done a great job so far, preserving native habitats is important work! rat-salute-2

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

Thank you, they are cute even though I hate how they devour uncaged plants. In the fall I like feeding them windfall apples that have gone weird.