The beginning of spring in a new home. The Bilbergia (above) came here with me. A friend had them set into the rocks under a coast live oak in Santa Cruz and when that tree died, he dug up dozens of Bilbergia plants. I grabbed a handful (literally, one handful) and shoved it in an ash bucket in 1994. Being the fastidious gardener I am, that Bilbergia is still in the ash bucket and has moved to nine different homes with me. The ash bucket is almost too heavy for me to lift now and the handle is buried in foliage. No soil in the bucket, just water and enough of this bromeliad roots to anchor itself. Probably doesn’t need much of an anchor as they are wedged in this bucket tightly.
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The lilacs almost bit the bullet during March’s cold weather because the buds were swelling and ready to open by end of sunny warm dry February. But it looks like I’ll have lilac flowers this year.
The yard itself is a sea of exotic grasses and weeds. They all will die back to brown as soon as the rains end and heat increases.
The native trees are leafing out among the evergreens. Last night just before sunset the nearly dead ponderosa pines at the neighbor’s were spotlighted.
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Please will someone toss up a Daily Bucket tomorrow.
What if OD tunes in from the tropics and finds us DITW? Friday is covered.