Everything around the house has been trampled and compacted from the restoration project. Trying seeds to get as many plants as I can, including annuals, to fill in.
Finally started seeds I should have started weeks ago:
Corydalis flavula, Yellow Corydalis, an annual
Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Waxweed, an annual
Monarda fistulosa, Bee Balm
I've got other seeds stratifying in the fridge. Again, weeks late, but we'll see what happens.
A happy day today for me and "My Little Bees": The Colletes, cellophane bees, have emerged, and by the dozens! This despite having their habitat trampled band compacted during construction.
They are especially numerous in the area that I not only forked, but overturned. There is little activity in the forked-only areas, and none at all in the still-compacted spots.
So, I am relieved, and have hope the population will recover.