On vacation, with no internet
- this was written on July 28 s
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| healthy Compass Plant |
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| deadish Compass Plant |
Well the rain barrels are full again – they
had a lot of rain here in the County the same time as it was raining in Toronto. On a quick walkabout I can see most things
survived that bit of drought, but a few not so much. One compass plant looks like it was November
– Compass Plants are native to the prairies; supposedly they can
send a tap root down 20 feet or more.
Other compass plants on the property aren’t nearly as bad –
so my guess is there’s a stone shelf not too far beneath the soil surface here
and the roots haven’t been able to penetrate or find any cracks to get down
into, despite this being its 7th year in this location. This theory would also explain why there’s
standing water in this area of the field every spring after the snow melts – no
where for the water to go.
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| deadish Black Eyed Susan |
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| healthy Black Eyed Susan |
The other major casualty are my Black Eyed
Susans – almost everywhere on the property one particular variety is dead, dead, dead,
although I can see new leaves coming up from the ground so I don’t think all is
lost. Just no flowers this year. A different variety seems to have
come through almost unscathed although that may have something to do
with the location.
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