This is a little one-foot-tall western hemlock that I tried to transplant to the gravel hillside of the new driveway.
I’ve messed some with planting alder saplings, and they seem to do well enough on average. But something about the hemlocks makes them resist transplantation – they all seem to die. This, despite growing like weeds everywhere. I think they have fragile root systems.
Anyway, this little hemlock gives me hope, because it put out some green buds just these past two days. Like maybe, it has decided to live.
I’m struggling, lately, with feeling stuck and unmotivated. I’ll wait it out.
[daily log: walking, 1km]
Day: June 12, 2020
Caveat: Art #47
I drew this cute cartoon llama in February of 2013. Thus this is its second appearance on this here blog. But it should be included in the enumerated art for the sake of completeness.
Caveat: Poem #1412 “A diagram of my garden”
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small carrots growing radishes expansionist lettuce
bold vegetables
black soil damp sand mildewy stones
fertile earth
buzzing bees hovering gnats stealthy mosquitoes
industrious worms
the greenhouse
shelters
the young plants
and provides
a space
to grow
and flourish
still air hanging sun passing clouds
coming rain
– a quennet.