Thursday, June 04, 2009

The warm temperatures and sun over the last 5 days has given things quite a boost. There are darners flying around the garden and a good variety of both domestic and wild flowers blooming in the garden. The crab apples (Malus fusca) are in full bloom on this end of the island.

I haven't spent much time in the garden this year. I've been too busy hiking on the weekends and going in an absurd number of directions. Fortunately the flowers are mostly perennials and seem to be still mostly outcompeting the rhizomatous grasses, chickweed and arabis. I franticly planted most of the vegetable garden before I went to Fairbanks on the 31st and added a few more seeds this evening. Now, there's garlic, horseradish, rhubarb, 3 kinds of onions, french sorrel, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, joi choi, brocoli, basil, zucchini, and a variety of herbs growing or hopefully growing.




The blue and purle columbines (I think that the one in the photo is a flabellata cross) are beginning to hit there peak. I need to stop culling the hybrids that didn't work out. By "work out" I mean have flowers that are pleasing in appearance. There are a few that are down right ugly.


Still catching up.

May 8, 2009 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13
Pelagic
cormorant
3 1 2 2 1
Glaucous-winged
gull
2 1 5
Marbled
murrelet
1 4 3 3
Rhinoceros
auklet
2 2 2 2
Belted
Kingfisher
1
Bald Eagle 1 1
Raven 1 1
Crow 3
Weather calm calm, overcast sunny, calm
cruise ships 2 1


May 14 May 15 May 16 May 18 May 19 May 20
Pelagic
cormorant
3
Common
Merganser
3
Mew gull 1
Glaucous-winged
gull
9 5 8 10 1
Marbled
murrelet
5 8 2 2
Rhinoceros
auklet
2
Bald Eagle 3
Raven 2
Crow 4 1
Weather overcast choppy sunny
cruise ships 1 1 3 1